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0 pointskuschku5y ago0 comments

But that's the definition, and every calculator's "engineering" mode shows it exactly like that, too. And usually you learn in middle school how to interpret that.

Here’s a photo with the calculator I used in middle school, showing exactly the specified number:

https://i.k8r.eu/qOUpgg.png

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chrismorgan5y ago

Curious. I don’t have a traditional calculator to hand, but tools like Rust, Python and Wolfram|Alpha are all turning 10e50 into 1e51.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_notation#Normalized... agrees with my memory that in normalised form the coefficient should be at least one and less than ten.

kuschkuOP5y ago

And the paragraph below the one you linked... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_notation#Engineerin... is directly showing exactly the mode I'm using :)

chrismorgan5y ago

Oh, I get it and see what’s happening. Kinda careless of me to miss it. Thanks for pointing it out.

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whatshisface5y ago

MeE isn't M^E, it's defined as M * 10^E.

chrismorgan5y ago

And that’s what I was talking about from the start—10e6 is 10×10⁶, which is in normalised form 1×10⁷ or 1e7.

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0 pointskuschku5y ago0 comments

But that's the definition, and every calculator's "engineering" mode shows it exactly like that, too. And usually you learn in middle school how to interpret that.

Here’s a photo with the calculator I used in middle school, showing exactly the specified number:

https://i.k8r.eu/qOUpgg.png

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chrismorgan5y ago

Curious. I don’t have a traditional calculator to hand, but tools like Rust, Python and Wolfram|Alpha are all turning 10e50 into 1e51.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_notation#Normalized... agrees with my memory that in normalised form the coefficient should be at least one and less than ten.

kuschkuOP5y ago

And the paragraph below the one you linked... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_notation#Engineerin... is directly showing exactly the mode I'm using :)

chrismorgan5y ago

Oh, I get it and see what’s happening. Kinda careless of me to miss it. Thanks for pointing it out.

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whatshisface5y ago

MeE isn't M^E, it's defined as M * 10^E.

chrismorgan5y ago

And that’s what I was talking about from the start—10e6 is 10×10⁶, which is in normalised form 1×10⁷ or 1e7.

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