[R-390] Slide rule calculations

Gord Hayward ghayward at uoguelph.ca
Sat Dec 6 13:43:31 EST 2008


>  You may get answers "accurate" to 12 or more decimal places,  but you 
> can't get more digits of precision out than you enter.

In my experience, being wrong to 12 decimal places is bad.  You wouldn't 
believe how many times I see that.
Cheers, Gord.

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Gordon L. Hayward, Ph.D., P.Eng.,
Associate Professor, Biological Engineering,
School of Engineering, University of Guelph,
Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1.




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