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From: phys-l-bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu [mailto:phys-l-
bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu] On Behalf Of John Mallinckrodt
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 8:10 PM
To: Forum for Physics Educators
Subject: Re: [Phys-l] Significant figures -- again
On Mar 12, 2012, at 1:09 PM, John Denker wrote:
On 03/12/2012 12:49 PM, John Mallinckrodt wrote:
2) He or she is demonstrating his or her numerical ignorance.
I do not think I am numerically ignorant.
I couldn't agree more so I should probably have added that I'd be
utterly flabbergasted to hear you quote a length as 3.8675309 cm if you
only knew it to within a few mm.
John Mallinckrodt
Cal Poly Pomona
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