Problem in displaying numbers

hi.

i am new in matlab, i have a problem when i calculating two variable like:

x = 8000.2

y = 8000.3

the result appears like:

z = x + y = 1.6001e+04

while the result must be 16000.5

is i wrong in something or there is some setting must be corrected? any one help my pleas, thank you.

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

format long g

[Mohammed Abdul Wadood]

it's solved my problem

thank you sir, thank you so much