SOLUTION: Evaluate Each expression to the nearest thousandth. {{{ e^-6}}} I don't even know where to start. Do you use the natural log? I"m confused.

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Question 23972: Evaluate Each expression to the nearest thousandth.
+e%5E-6
I don't even know where to start. Do you use the natural log? I"m confused.
Answer by longjonsilver(2297) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
e is just a number, like 4%5E%28-6%29 would be. It is no different.

the reason we call it e is because the number goes on for ever, so we cannot write it... where would you stop? As soon as you stopped writing, that becomes an approximation to the proper number.

Anyway, your calculator (if any good) will have a log button with 10%5Ex on it and also a ln button with e%5Ex on it. You need the ln button --> as you say, the natural log button.

e is 2.71828... ie is just under 3.

so 3%5E%28-6%29 would be 1%2F3%5E6 which is 1/729 which is 0.0013717...

So e%5E%28-6%29 should be a tad more than that. Use your calc to give 0.00247875...

Jon.