Re: [Phys-l] 9.80 vs. 9.81

[Jack Uretsky <jlu@hep.anl.gov>]

How would it change your teaching of principles if you declared that g=10.
for all exercises in yor class?


On Sat, 19 Apr 2008, Larry Smith wrote:

> The value of g at my location is less than 9.80 m/s^2, and Randy Knight
> uses 9.80 in his textbook, but NIST says the accepted value for standard
> gravity is 9.80665 which rounds to 9.81.  Most textbooks use 9.81 when they
> want three sig-figs (but not Knight).
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Thanks,
> Larry
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