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%

0.00

&OHDUV￿GLVSOD\￿

*￿￿

0.000

'LVSOD\V￿WKUHH￿GHFLPDO￿

 

 

SODFHV￿

￿￿￿￿"￿

5.727

 

￿￿￿￿￿￿

 

 

*￿￿

5.727360000

'LVSOD\V￿QLQH￿GHFLPDO￿

 

 

SODFHV￿

*￿￿

5.73

5HVWRUHV￿WZR￿GHFLPDO￿

 

 

SODFHV￿DQG￿URXQGV￿

 

 

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Scientific Notation

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