Interpret the meaning of the point (378,9).
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It's a decimal point and means that the numbers to its right are less than 1.
The decimal place is indicated by a . (period) in the US and almost all countries once belonging to the British Commonwealth, such as Australia, Canada etc. while the , (comma) is used by every European country and the vast majority of countries in the world.
US and a few others ----- 378.9
Europe and others ----- 378,9
The visual separator using a comma, common in the US such as
1,345,987.2 is very confusing in the rest of the world.
Elsewhere you might see it as 1 345 987,2
To add even more to the confusion, there is a difference when "billion" is used in the US and "billion" is used in places like Germany.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales
US and a few others ----- 378.9
Europe and others ----- 378,9
The visual separator using a comma, common in the US such as
1,345,987.2 is very confusing in the rest of the world.
Elsewhere you might see it as 1 345 987,2
To add even more to the confusion, there is a difference when "billion" is used in the US and "billion" is used in places like Germany.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales
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