A farmer is planting crops in one half of a rectangular field. The full width is 2.7x10^3 ft and the full height is 3.5x10^3 ft. What is the area of the part of the field that the crops are grown on? Write the answer in scientific notation with the correct number of significant digits and label with the correct units.
Explain how you chose the number of significant digits in the final answer
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