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minus-squareDave2@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoif the problem was with the e, that just means how many times you multiply it with 10, 1.87e4 = 1.87 * 10^4 = 18700. (ignore me writing it with an exponent in my original “calculation”)
minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoYeah, the exponent threw me for quite a loop, too. Had me wondering what kind of formula you used to get Euler’s Number involved. 🙃
if the problem was with the e, that just means how many times you multiply it with 10, 1.87e4 = 1.87 * 10^4 = 18700. (ignore me writing it with an exponent in my original “calculation”)
Yeah, the exponent threw me for quite a loop, too. Had me wondering what kind of formula you used to get Euler’s Number involved. 🙃