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I know that the optional comma before the "and" in a list is known as the Oxford comma (example: We bought apples, bananas, and oranges...). Is there a similiar name for the optional 0 at the end of the decimal?

2007-12-06 11:00:24 · 3 answers · asked by emily 1 in Science & Mathematics Mathematics

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In scientific notation we refer to this as a "singificant figure."

2007-12-06 11:02:59 · answer #1 · answered by jgoulden 7 · 0 0

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2007-12-06 19:09:00 · answer #2 · answered by anw122 5 · 1 0

I call it a "trailing zero".

2007-12-06 19:02:23 · answer #3 · answered by Scott Evil 6 · 0 0

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