On 10/26/09, Someone privately replied that... wrote:
> On 10/26/09, Sonya Nichols wrote:
>> I need some practical applications of exponent use. I need
>> something more basic than the engineering examples I have
>> been able to find. Can anyone help?
>
>
> Someone privately replied (to the mailing list)
> that "exponential notation is used when dealing with very
> large or very small numbers. Astronomy and microbiology both
> use exponential notation."
>
> That person is confusing "exponential notation"
> with "scientific notation" in which numbers are written in
> the style "a times ten to the nth power" where 1 < a <
> 10 and n is an integer (whole number or its opposite).
>
> I'm interpreting your request as seeking real-life examples
> where exponents are used.
>
> Can you please clarify exactly what you're after?

Correction: That inequality should have been written as:

1 < a < 10

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