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Which way does the decimal point go when a number reads x.xxxe+008

Which way does the decimal point go when a number reads x.xxxe+008

Which way does the decimal point go when a number reads x.xxxe+008

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I have forgotten which way the decimal point advances when the number reads x.xxe+.008 as an example.
Thank you in advance

RE: Which way does the decimal point go when a number reads x.xxxe+008

I'm not sure what you mean and I've never seen the example you used (x.xxe+.008).  

I've seen x.xxe8 which is xxx,000,000 written out in full (decimal moves to the right) or x.xxe-8 which is 0.0000000xxx where the decimal moves to the left (should be 7 zeros in there if I can see right on this screen).

Of course, you can have an exponent to a fractional power but you don't just move the decimal place in that case to get to the answer.

For example, 2e0.005 is 1.0035.

RE: Which way does the decimal point go when a number reads x.xxxe+008

I might be wrong, but I think that the x.xxe0.008 format means
xxx * 10^0.008

and 2e0.005 means
2*10^0.005 = 2*1.01157 = 2.02315.....

RE: Which way does the decimal point go when a number reads x.xxxe+008

OOPS
the first number in my previous post should be
x.xx * 10^0.008

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