Dear All,
Can anyone help me with a name and a history for this series of numbers.
0.05, 0.1, 0.2, 0.5, 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, and 500, …
It is used in many of the world's currencies — Australia, for example,
has coins of 5 cents, 10 cents, 20 cents, and fifty cents and then
notes of 1 dollar, 2 dollars, 5 dollars, 10 dollars, 20 dollars and
then 50 dollars and 100 dollars.
I also think that it also has some applications in engineering to
reduce for example the range of bolt or screw sizes in manufacturing.
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin
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Geelong, Australia
Phone: 61 3 5241 2008
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