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E notation in Floating point arithmetic

Hi
I want to know how to interpret the e notation in floating point computer arithmetic..

How many seconds is this number : 1.39683e-006
and this number ?     3.43409e-009. This seems to be 3.43409 nanosends .. but how do you convert ?

Which is bigger ?

Thanks
Ashay
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From this I guess you'll get the answer

1.39683e-006 = 1.39683 * (10)^(-6) = 0,00000139683
3.43409e-009 = 3.43409 * (10)^(-9) = 0,00000000343409

Hope this helps

Tincho
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