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Wait, what?

If we assume 100 mg in a cup of coffee, we can do the math by: 1.010E^(-1)/4.510E^(-8)

which is equal to 2.22*10E^(6) or 2.22M liters of water. You're only off by a factor of 370!

Since one cubic meter is 1000 liters, you're looking at a cubic body of water that is 13 meters or ~40ft on each side.

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What does "x * 10E^(y)" mean?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_notation

You'll notice that the link you provided does not actually include an example of the usage you intended it to serve as a reference for. This is probably because the usage is nonstandard, which is probably why GP asked their question.

It's reasonable to assume that "x * 10E^(y)" was meant as a notation for "x * 10^(y)" = "xEy", but many mathematical notations are overloaded. I have no way of knowing whether GP was genuinely confused, or merely trying to point out the nonstandard usage, but I prefer to believe the former.

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