How do I figure out which TNT measurement to use for scientific notation?

[Bossbrosish]

Say I'm calculating an explosion I do the formula W = R^3*((27136*P+8649)^(1/2)/13568-93/13568)^2 and say I do 100^3*((27136*1.37895+8649)^(1/2)/13568-93/13568)^2= 80.3684357 which is 80 Megatons and let's say I increase the radius to 100,000 and get 8.03684357e10. How do I know what TNT measurement it is now since it's in scientific notation?

 

[Kachon123]

Say I'm calculating an explosion I do the formula W = R^3*((27136*P+8649)^(1/2)/13568-93/13568)^2 and say I do 100^3*((27136*1.37895+8649)^(1/2)/13568-93/13568)^2= 80.3684357 which is 80 Megatons and let's say I increase the radius to 100,000 and get 8.03684357e10. How do I know what TNT measurement it is now since it's in scientific notation?

1. 100^3*((27136*1.37895+8649)^(1/2)/13568-93/13568)^2 is 80.3684357 Tons of TNT, not 80.3684357 Megatons of TNT.
2. 8.03684357e10 Tons of TNT is 80.3684357 Gigatons

 

[Bossbrosish]

1. 100^3*((27136*1.37895+8649)^(1/2)/13568-93/13568)^2 is 80.3684357 Tons of TNT, not 80.3684357 Megatons of TNT.
2. 8.03684357e10 Tons of TNT is 80.3684357 Gigatons

Oh ok ok. Since I see some people putting just the megatons first it throws me off

 

[Bossbrosish]

8.03684357e10 Tons of TNT is 80.3684357 Gigatons

So how exactly do I know the measurement when it ends with a scientific notation?

 

[Kachon123]

So how exactly do I know the measurement when it ends with a scientific notation?

You could write it out in standard notation and then find out from there.

For example 8.03684357e10 Tons is 80368435700 Tons. From there you can convert to whichever ton value.

 

[Bossbrosish]

You could write it out in standard notation and then find out from there.

For example 8.03684357e10 Tons is 80368435700 Tons. From there you can convert to whichever ton value.

alright thanks

 

[Kachon123]

Good luck

 

[Arceus0x]

if you ain't sure just eyeball it and then chose a converter (for example, tons to gigatons, tons to teratons). Just remember that every ^1 added to the original number adds one 0 and ^3 adds three 0s meaning that you can just go
^3 - kilotons
^6 - megatons
^9 - gigatons
^12 - teratons
^15 - petatons
ect.