In an equation what does the floating dot mean?

Atypical mre contains 1,200 calories. if the average solider eats 3 mre per day and is deployed for 15 months how many calories will be consumed by a 44 member platoon of soldiers

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How many of the 250 grandparents in the population would you expect to prefer online shopping with merchant a? merchant a: 4 merchant b: 6 merchant c: 2 merchant d: 3 other: 5 none: 5 answer choices: a. about 4 b. about 8 c. about 40 d. about 21