Fruit: like, a billion

also the point of thsi thread is not just the reference, its about the defense number

 

Btw, the game has nothing to do with fractions, is extremely random and makes you go wtf
http://twinbeard.com/frog-fractions

 

fruits... yummy...

 

3.98004e+006 is 3,980,040. The "e" means "exponent" in this case.

 

Erm, wouldn't that be 3.98004e006, or more commonly, 3.98004e^006?

Then again, the + could mean it's a positive exponent, rather than an operation.

 

Like Suica said, that would be probable if it weren't for the "+". Mathematicians are known for hating redundancies, so if the "e" were to indicate an exponent and therefore the "+" not an operator, they would not have written it.

 

Purely anecdotal - I just happen to have excel open, and it shows up as 3.98E+06. It is denoting a positive exponent.

 

Excel is broken, lol.

 

Except that the output looks exactly like standard c++ scientific notation output.
http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/ios/scientific/

 

Too bad mathematicians aren't known for their consistency.

 

C++ is the coding language the game is written in.

This thread reminds me of an XKCD comic: http://xkcd.com/927/

 

I know, I use it. But that doesn't make mathematicians less inconsistent.