An archeologist finds an ancient inscription describing the size of a king's army.
The text is damaged, but the numbers are written in a strange code that translates directly into expanded exponential form:
\((1 \times 10^{3}) + (7 \times 10^{2}) + (2 \times 10^{1}) + (8 \times 10^{0})\)
The archeologist needs to write this in a modern report as a standard number.
How many soldiers were in the king's army?
Answer:
The King's army has soldiers.