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To: Gandalf_The_Gray

I rounded.

There is a science to approximating but that is another thread for another day.


31 posted on 09/19/2012 5:35:25 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (We canÂ’t just leave it (food choice) up to the parents. -- moochele obozo 2/12/2012 (cnsnews))
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To: freedumb2003
I rounded.

There is a science to approximating but that is another thread for another day.

You wouldn't be an engineer by chance? I attended an engineering college when your personal calculator was made of bamboo, was 10" long, and had 3 1/2 digit accuracy. One of my math classes included "estimating" (approximating) and significant figures.

My quibble wasn't with the "rounding" but the magnitude was off by three orders of magnitude on the land area of Texas. They have ranches bigger than 270 square miles. The actual population density was "close enough for government work."

Regards,
GtG

37 posted on 09/20/2012 10:06:09 AM PDT by Gandalf_The_Gray (I live in my own little world, I like it 'cuz they know me here.)
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