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Scientists don't use either. If using SI units, they would say 1.7 x 10^7 m, or 1.7e7 in code, which is even shorter.
by queuebert 2y ago
Scientists don't use either. If using SI units, they would say 1.7 x 10^7 m, or 1.7e7 in code, which is even shorter.
- mattkrause 2y agoIn practice, people tend to use units that match the “natural scale” of the data. If the data consists of electrical potentials between 0.0000001 and 0.0002 V, it’s way easier to think about it as microvolts, especially if any other is in a complementary scale.
- queuebert 2y agoEspecially in conversation, but calculations are typically done in SI units to avoid mistakes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foe_(unit) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foe_(unit) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barn_(unit) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barn_(unit)