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Title: What is this number? 2.401E-5 BTC
Post by: jmevz on January 11, 2014, 12:45:15 AM
Hey,

So I know decimals and kind of know what the 2.401E-5 represents, but can someone bring it back to the 0.00000000 format for me? I have to think of 2.4 as 0.00002401 or something?

Thanks :)


Title: Re: What is this number? 2.401E-5 BTC
Post by: cAPSLOCK on January 11, 2014, 12:49:42 AM
Hey,

So I know decimals and kind of know what the 2.401E-5 represents, but can someone bring it back to the 0.00000000 format for me? I have to think of 2.4 as 0.00002401 or something?

Thanks :)

0.00002401 BTC.


Title: Re: What is this number? 2.401E-5 BTC
Post by: jmevz on January 11, 2014, 12:58:34 AM
So I did have it right? Yay! Why doesn't the website just show it like that? Anyway!

Thanks :)


Title: Re: What is this number? 2.401E-5 BTC
Post by: Jacce on January 11, 2014, 01:16:55 AM
So I did have it right? Yay! Why doesn't the website just show it like that? Anyway!

Thanks :)

It requires less numbers, and it is easier to see how much it actually is if you understand the system good (you could get lost when reading all the zeroes in 0.00002401). However, I'd say writing it in mBTC or µBTC would be even better.


Title: Re: What is this number? 2.401E-5 BTC
Post by: cayem on January 11, 2014, 01:18:49 AM
A more detailed explanation:

E-5 means 10^-5, that is 0.00001. You multiply this by the value before E.

Basically a negative number means to move the point left that many steps, a positive to the right.


Title: Re: What is this number? 2.401E-5 BTC
Post by: berkelip on January 11, 2014, 01:42:40 AM
Hey,

So I know decimals and kind of know what the 2.401E-5 represents, but can someone bring it back to the 0.00000000 format for me? I have to think of 2.4 as 0.00002401 or something?

Thanks :)

0.00002401 BTC

1 Infinitecoin = $ 7.8e-05 = $0.000078
 :)


Title: Re: What is this number? 2.401E-5 BTC
Post by: jmevz on January 12, 2014, 10:32:31 AM
Thanks guys ;)


Title: Re: What is this number? 2.401E-5 BTC
Post by: dend0ng on July 09, 2017, 09:55:48 PM
please need help..

3.24E-5 = ? convert USD
please help me..


Title: Re: What is this number? 2.401E-5 BTC
Post by: hexafraction on July 09, 2017, 10:25:43 PM
please need help..

3.24E-5 = ? convert USD
please help me..

About eight cents. Convert scientific notation to standard notation if your calculator can't handle scientific notation, and then multiply by the current market rate (2508 USD/1BTC). I was under the impression that schools still taught basic mathematics, scientific notation, and ratios.


Title: Re: What is this number? 2.401E-5 BTC
Post by: profitgenerator212 on July 10, 2017, 03:40:40 AM
Hey,

So I know decimals and kind of know what the 2.401E-5 represents, but can someone bring it back to the 0.00000000 format for me? I have to think of 2.4 as 0.00002401 or something?

Thanks :)

E means the base of 10, in kind of a scientific notation.

So it's 10^-5, which is 0.00001

So you have 2.401 * 0.00001 = 0.00002401