Question

What is the correct way to write `59/1000` as a number?

Answer 1

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Explanation:

`59/1000` can be written correctly in any of the following forms:

• `59/1000` is a perfectly good representation that highlights this number's status as a rational number.

• `5.9 xx 10^(-2)` is a correct form in scientific notation.

• `59 xx 10^(-3)` is a correct form in engineering notation, a variant of scientific notation that only uses powers of `10` that are a multiple of `3`.

• `0.059` is a standard terminating decimal representation.

• `0.058999... = 0.058bar(9)` is also correct, but not generally to be preferred.