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Legacy System Data Entry

A quality control inspector has simplified a measurement calculation to the form 8×1028 \times 10^{-2}. To enter this into the company's reporting database, the value must be converted to standard decimal form. According to the standard mathematical procedure for this specific result, identify the direction and the number of places the inspector must move the decimal point, and state the final decimal value.

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