Hey, I'm writing an EE in physics. I'm currently trying to cut it down so it meets the 4000 requirement. One question I have is to what extent numbers and units that are placed in the body of my essay count for the wc. For example, google docs would count something like 2.532x10^(6)Wkg^(-1)m^(-1) as around 9 or 10 words, which, throughout the essay, definitely starts to add up.
Now, I know formulae, math, and equations are directly said to not count, but I couldn't find a clear answer on something like this. Does it sound reasonable to assume these sort of values would only count as 1 word each?
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