
Thinking Like an Engineer: An Active Learning Approach (3rd Edition)
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Author: Elizabeth A. Stephan, David R. Bowman, William J. Park, Benjamin L. Sill, Matthew W. Ohland
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Chapter 18.2, Problem 4CC
Assume that the variable M is stored in the workspace with the value 0.3539.
- a. What would be the control code used to display M with two decimal places?
- b. What would be the control code used to display M with three decimal places in scientific notation?
- c. What would be the control code used to display M if it should be padded with zeros to a field width of 10 characters, showing three decimal places?
- d. What would be the output of M if a control code is used to display it to two decimal places?
- e. What would be the output of M if a control code 1s used to display it to three decimal places in scientific notation?
- f. What would be the output of M if a control code is used to pad the field width to 10 characters, using zero padding and showing three decimal places?
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