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...This is why that Mars lander bounced off in to the yonder....
"By calculation", 0.8 x 0.320 = 0.256 not 0.3
By restraint of scale,rounding down etc,yes,but NOT by calculation,which by its' description,is definitive.
0.8 x 10 to the -6 is 0.0000008 or 8 to the -7 , the power of -6 being a millionth,micro or multiple of 0.000001.
...And,as my maths teacher was inclined to ask,after a grueling,set of calcs,"We know friction makes heat?...and heat boils water?...So how long will it take a donkey to ---- a bucket of water,so we can have a cup of tea?" :icon12:
"By calculation", 0.8 x 0.320 = 0.256 not 0.3
By restraint of scale,rounding down etc,yes,but NOT by calculation,which by its' description,is definitive.
0.8 x 10 to the -6 is 0.0000008 or 8 to the -7 , the power of -6 being a millionth,micro or multiple of 0.000001.
...And,as my maths teacher was inclined to ask,after a grueling,set of calcs,"We know friction makes heat?...and heat boils water?...So how long will it take a donkey to ---- a bucket of water,so we can have a cup of tea?" :icon12: