why does my TI 84 answer .06 divided by 365 = 1.643835616E -4?? the answer is .000164383
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3They're the same – DanLewis3264 Apr 05 '19 at 16:49
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it will solve .6 divided by 365 – Brian Proskin Apr 05 '19 at 16:49
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3It's written in scientific notation. Specifically, $1.643835616 \times 10^{-4} = 0.0001643835616$. – angryavian Apr 05 '19 at 16:49
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it's not set up to answer in that type of notation so why is it reverting to a notation that is useless when doing financial computations in function form – Brian Proskin Apr 05 '19 at 16:54
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i can add the extra zero because it's obvious what it's doing but on my upcoming exam this will be a pain – Brian Proskin Apr 05 '19 at 16:56
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so does anyone know why? – Brian Proskin Apr 05 '19 at 16:58
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i have a 5 dollar calculator that can do this – Brian Proskin Apr 05 '19 at 16:59
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All caps is the equivalent of yelling. Don't yell. – Arturo Magidin Apr 05 '19 at 17:02
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It's the same. When your calculator says E, that means "times ten raised to the power of".
So 1.643835616E -4 means
$$
1.643835616\cdot 10^{-4}=1.643835616\cdot0.0001
$$
which is exactly the answer you say you expected.
Arthur
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