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Offline stopkillingme21

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Avoiding over/underflow Error on Calculator?
« on: July 20, 2017, 04:19:08 PM »
I'm calculating the equilibrium constant using k = e^nFE/RT

The current problem I'm typing in is e^ (3)(96485)(1.29)/(8.314)(298)

It should return 2.84x10^65; however, everytime I attempt it, I get an overflow error.

How do you avoid this error on a non-graphing scientific calculator?
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Re: Avoiding over/underflow Error on Calculator?
« Reply #1 on: July 21, 2017, 12:36:08 AM »
What do you get if you type e^150,71?
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Re: Avoiding over/underflow Error on Calculator?
« Reply #2 on: July 21, 2017, 10:48:00 AM »
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