L Larry Oct 15, 2003 #1 I have a user that fit a power function in Excel and the equation came back with y=2E+ 19x^-11. What is "E"? Thanks.
I have a user that fit a power function in Excel and the equation came back with y=2E+ 19x^-11. What is "E"? Thanks.
C c Oct 15, 2003 #2 E is a constant which has the value of 2.7182818, which is the natural base of a logarithm.
B Bernie Deitrick Oct 15, 2003 #3 Larry, That's scientific notation, meaning a formula of the form: y = 2x10^19/(x^11) in other words, probably not a good fit, since high powers are usually bad in those situations. HTH, Bernie
Larry, That's scientific notation, meaning a formula of the form: y = 2x10^19/(x^11) in other words, probably not a good fit, since high powers are usually bad in those situations. HTH, Bernie
J Jerry W. Lewis Oct 16, 2003 #4 "e" is the constant you are describing "E" precedes powers of 10 in scientific notation. Jerry
