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Jim asked in Science & MathematicsMathematics · 1 decade ago

I was using my Graphing calculator....?

Ok so I was finding the surface area of a .01x.01x.01 square and I got the answer of 1e-6... I have no clue what that means... so can someone please help me out with this??

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  • 1 decade ago
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    It's just the calculator's shorthand for scientific notation. It means 1x10^-6, so 0.000001.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    It is putting it in scientific notation.

    1 x 10^-6 or 0.000006

  • 1 decade ago

    1 x 10^-6 or simply 0.000001

    it simplified it for you

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