do you calculators have commas?

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On 4/22/2010 1:14 PM, Sil - ZL2CIA wrote:

Idle-Tyme wrote:

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On 4/21/2010 8:25 PM, i8cvs wrote:

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Comma or no comma, shouldn't matter 1000 mega watts or 1,000 Mega watts is still one thousand million watts! NOT one thousands watts. true?

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Hi Idle-Tyme

I don't agree with your statement:

1000 mega watt are one thousand million watt 1,000 mega watt or 1.000 mega watt is only one million watt because zero after the comma means nothing like 1,0000000000000 is still one million watt or 1 MW

NO! it's a comma, not a decimal point! it's one thousand, one thousand written 1000 or 1,000 is still one thousand they are exactly the same.

That's only true in the English speaking world, and this is the cause of the confusion in this debate.

In the Netherlands (and most of Europe), you would write one thousand million watts as 1.000 megawatts.

The decimal indicator in Europe is a comma. For example, 1,5 means one and a half 1.000.000 means one million.

Sil (ex PA3HIL)