How can an Oracle NUMBER have a Scale larger than the Precision?

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The documentation states: "Precision can range from 1 to 38. Scale can range from -84 to 127".

How can the scale be larger than the precision? For example I can't create a column with the datatype NUMBER(10, 100). Shouldn't the Scale range from -38 to 38?

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