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> gets rid of the lakh/crore numbers and use million/billion instead (more scientific). Million/billion is more familiar to non-Indians, but I don't understand
by msla 6y ago
> gets rid of the lakh/crore numbers and use million/billion instead (more scientific).
Million/billion is more familiar to non-Indians, but I don't understand how that system's more scientific.
Also, from your lack of milliard, I'm guessing you're advocating for the short scale:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales
- chongli 6y agoIt’s more scientific because science has standardized on SI [1] units with metric prefixes [2]. Above 10^9 and below 10^-9 you can see the exponents change by increments of 3. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_System_of_Units https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_System_of_Units [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_prefix https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_prefix