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| A way of expressing the extreme range of values. |
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| What is a Subscript and what is it used for? |
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| A subscript is used to modify the meaning of units, constants, and vaiables. It is placed to the right of the main character and set in a smaller type than the main character and below the base line. |
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| What is a superscript and what is it used for? |
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| A superscript almost always represents an exponent. It is written in a smaller type than the main character and is set above the base line. |
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| Z sub zero is read as what? |
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| The mass of an electron at rest. |
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| How is "e raised to the x" read? |
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| What is usually meant when talking about scientific notation? |
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| What is the standard form for writing mn0000, asumming that m is in the hundred thousands place in this number, and n is in the tenthousands place? |
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| A radix point is more commonly known as what? |
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| Why and when might someone write 30000 as .3*10^5? |
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| In ceratin countries and in many books and papers written before the middle of the twentieth century, this was the standard way to write in the power of ten notation. |
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| What are the four ways to express multiplication? |
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| A cross sign at a 45 degree angle, an asterus (*), parenthasis, or a dot that is above the base line. |
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| When using units that need to be multiplied, which form of multiplication should be used? |
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| The dot that is raised above the base line. |
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| What are two ways of expressing a number times ten raised to another number? The possitive form of one of them can be written two ways, which mades three total. Use any numbers for this problem. |
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| 8.234E8, 8.234E+8, 8.234*10^8 |
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| The orders of magnitued larger of one number than another number means what? |
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| One number might be 10^n times bigger than the other number, so the order of magnitued is n. |
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