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but in physics we were often working in scientific notation, so the concept of what’s before & after the decimal place isn’t that clear (that is, 18.85 = 1.885*10^1 = 0.1885*10^2 etc.)
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Mathy friends, what is “Fig” in “Fig & Trig”? -
Mathy friends, what is “Fig” in “Fig & Trig”?@KurtHohmann
the way I recall it from my undergrad physics was that if one of the inputs was measured 3.0, we’d call that two sig figs, so report the answer as 19—but the principle is much the same -
Mathy friends, what is “Fig” in “Fig & Trig”?Mathy friends, what is “Fig” in “Fig & Trig”?
Just saw an ad recruiting “Fig & Trig” tutors on campus, and I’m kinda stumped. The only thing I can come up with is ‘figure(s)’ but “Figures and Trigonometry” doesn’t really make sense?
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them: “Government should operate like a business”*government gives billions of dollars in subsidies to a for-profit corporation*me: “So the government’s getting an equity stake in the business they just capitalized, right?”them: “OMG no, that would be ...them: “Government should operate like a business”
*government gives billions of dollars in subsidies to a for-profit corporation*
me: “So the government’s getting an equity stake in the business they just capitalized, right?”
them: “OMG no, that would be communism”