• @GiveMemes@jlai.lu
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    47 months ago

    Why are we upset by rounding to the nearest 5 for elementary schoolers when we round to 10 m/s/s for gravity in collegiate physics classes anyway?

    • @maynarkh@feddit.nl
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      47 months ago

      It’s not even a bad thing to do for quick mental calculations, if you know that you will overshoot. Multiplying by 5 is easy.