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The age of the universe is thought to be about 14 billion years. Assuming two significant figures, write this in powers of ten in (a) Years, (b) Seconds

The age of the universe is thought to be about 14 billion years. Assuming two significant figures, write this in powers of ten in
(a) Years,
(b) Seconds

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