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[Phys-L] Re: infinite sig. figs.



"Unless otherwise specified, your final answers should be accurate to
three places after the decimal point."

Now THERE is a silly rule. It enforces one of the most annoying
biases that students have about numbers--that digits three or more
places to the right of the decimal point are always insignificant.

Question Answer
4321/0.1234 35016.207
0.1234/4321 0.000

--
John "Slo" Mallinckrodt

Professor of Physics, Cal Poly Pomona
<http://www.csupomona.edu/~ajm>

and

Lead Guitarist, Out-Laws of Physics
<http://www.csupomona.edu/~hsleff/OoPs.html>
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