in 2010, the national debt of the United States was about 14 trillion dollars. In 2003 it was about 7 x 10^12 dollars. About how many times larger was the national debt in 2010 than in 2003

Answer 1

14 trillion = 14,000,000,000,000 = 14 x 10^12

= twice as large as 7 x 10^12