| 1. | *It will drop trailing zeros from the end of decimal.
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| 2. | Existing node numbers after this change received a trailing zero.
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| 3. | Leading and trailing zeros are unnecessary in this system.
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| 4. | In such a context, " simplifying " a number by removing trailing zeros would be incorrect.
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| 5. | Specifically, the old template would drop trailing zeros and make some anomalous precision choices in displaying decimal formats.
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| 6. | However, trailing zeros may be useful for indicating the number of significant figures, for example in a measurement.
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| 7. | If necessary, one can add trailing zeros to a shorter decimal to make it the same length as the longer decimal.
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| 8. | All nine digits of the MMSI can be used in such cases, and no longer need to end in trailing zeros.
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| 9. | For example, 14000 has three trailing zeros and is therefore divisible by 1000 = 10 3, but not by 10 4.
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| 10. | But then it's puzzling why two of the non-integral values have trailing zeros and the other two don't.
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