Scaled charge makes an electron-positron reaction an exact ledger. Exact arithmetic here means exact results for the stated model inputs; measured inputs still carry uncertainty and significant-figure limits.

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Opposite charges add to zero

The electron has scaled charge -3 and the positron has scaled charge 3, so the input total is 0.

3+3=0-3+3=0
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Two photons carry zero scaled charge

Each photon has scaled charge 0, so the output total is also 0.

0+0=00+0=0
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