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You mean, why teach things we all KNOW are wrong, like F = ma or P =
mv? Or why teach that thermal expansion is linear , or that air obeys
the ideal gas law? Perhaps because in a wide range of important
cases, it gives a useful working approximation that describes the
world in which we live.