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Subject:Comma in equations? From:Elsa Kapitan-White <kapitan-white -at- SUGAR-LAND -dot- OILFIELD -dot- SLB -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 29 Aug 1996 09:32:58 -0500
The company style guide calls for a comma in numbers with five or more
digits. I know this rule doesn't apply to page numbers, but what about
numbers substituted for variables in show-your-work examples:
A = (43,560)(160) = 6,969,600 ft^2 or A = (43560)(160) = 6969600 ft^2
The latter looks so dense! I know we don't use the scientific style of
spacing between groups of three digits in long numbers.
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