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Sep 8 2013 10:17am
what is 3.00164502 x 10^-19 rounded to three significant figures??
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Sep 8 2013 10:21am
3.00*10^-19
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Sep 8 2013 10:22am
Quote (cialda @ Sep 8 2013 11:21am)
3.00*10^-19


that's what i thought, but it's an online submission and i get:
Your answer cannot be understood or graded

this is bs
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Sep 8 2013 11:49am
try typing 3.00x10^-19
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Sep 8 2013 12:01pm
or 3.00E-19
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Sep 8 2013 12:10pm
Another possibility is 3.00*10^{-19}

Yeah, these online assignments suck until you figure out the format in which they want answers. Check the main page or something and hopefully there will be some guide on how to enter numbers with different formats.



This post was edited by Azrad on Sep 8 2013 12:12pm
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Sep 8 2013 12:59pm
thank you everyone for the help
apparently it was the E but in lower case... yay for online homework

on a completely different note, how the shit does one read a vernier caliper?

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