Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 2 days agoIt looks so wrongsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1539arrow-down121
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minus-squareLifeInMultipleChoicelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 hours agoWhy? Not sure what the debate is, if you divide/multiply first?
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·40 minutes agoIt can matter if you don’t have enough significant figures, so I tend to do division last to preserve as much precision as I can. In theory it shouldn’t matter, but it can matter in practice.
minus-squareLifeInMultipleChoicelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·34 minutes agoSo the debate is whether it could or could not matter?
Why? Not sure what the debate is, if you divide/multiply first?
It can matter if you don’t have enough significant figures, so I tend to do division last to preserve as much precision as I can. In theory it shouldn’t matter, but it can matter in practice.
So the debate is whether it could or could not matter?