[R-390] Slide rule calculations
Barry
n4buq at knology.net
Fri Dec 5 15:27:30 EST 2008
> In the end, 3.12/9.7 is NOT 0.321649484536.... It is 0.32. Digits
> of precision in = digits of precision out. This, of course, applies
> equally to sliderule calculations, electronic calculator thingies, or
> computers with 128-bit or more floating point arithmetic.
>
> Grant/NQ5T
That's one of those rules that I first came across in college physics class and I struggled with it then as now.
I understand basiclly why it is used, but by the same rule, is 1/3=0?
Barry - N4BUQ
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