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OpenStudy (anonymous):

I took 12.4 to the power of 50 and my calculator came up with 4.689043e+54. I have no idea what this number means, what the e means, or what the +54 means. Shouldn't I get a huge number? I know I must be reading this wrong.

OpenStudy (amistre64):

"e+54" means: x 10^(54)

OpenStudy (amistre64):

its another notation to represent scientific notation

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