The national debt in 2016 soared to $18,300,000,000,000. Write this number in scientific notation. Suppose that in 2016 there were 322,000,000 people in the United States. If the debt is divided equally among these people, how much is each person’s share? Compare this with the number shown in Figure 1.18.

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OUR NATIONAL DEBT: EL 605 480,204-604 YOUR Family share THE NATIONAL DEBI CLOCK