some mathematics help - meaning of 5.0E+03 (Jun/07/2011 )

Hi all,

I see in a paper showing 5E+03 cells migrating, how much do they mean? What is E?

Many thanks,
K

-kedar-

This is floating point representation (originally from Fortran) for 5 x 10^3, or 5000.

-phage434-

phage434 on Tue Jun 7 11:50:50 2011 said:

This is floating point representation (originally from Fortran) for 5 x 10^3, or 5000.

thanks a bunch

-kedar-

If you want to see the real number such as 0.00004 rather than that symbol, you can "format" the cell by right click and choose the Number and decimal.

-newborn-

kedar on Tue Jun 7 11:15:53 2011 said:

Hi all,

I see in a paper showing 5E+03 cells migrating, how much do they mean? What is E?

Many thanks,
K

E means 'Exponent' to the base 10.
so E+03 means 10 to the power +3.

-Myco Rax-