Gday,
I have a question regarding scientific notation. Today I learnt that $a\operatorname{\mathbf{E}}b$ is the same as $a\cdot10^b$ and since myself and examiners (I'm in year 12) like neat working out I was trying to figure out if it is acceptable to use such notation and when searching the answer I came across the wikipedia page that said "The use of [E] notation is not encouraged in publications".
So my question is why isn't or is E notation acceptable notation?
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$\begingroup$It is acceptable however, to avoid confusion with other uses for the letter $E$ it is more common to write it in the form of $a \cdot 10^b$ as this allows no room for confusion.
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