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The New DU. Reply #23: You are ABSOLUTELY correct. But to me, 1.0E-30 is effectively ZERO
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Fri Jan-21-05 05:42 PM
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| 23. You are ABSOLUTELY correct. But to me, 1.0E-30 is effectively ZERO |
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Of course it'S NOT be ABSOLUTE ZERO.
NOTHING IS.
But, since Excel gives an error when I compute the probability using in the BINOMDIST function, I have NO IDEA how small the number is.
What is 1.0E+30?
1.0E+6 = 1 MILLION
1.0E+9 = 1 BILLION
1.0E+12= 1 TRILLION
1.0E+24= 1 TRILLION TRILLON
X= 1.0E+30 = 1 BILLION TRILLION TRILLION
CAN'T WE JUST SAY 1/X = ZERO?
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