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Re: Marble jars  
« Reply #25 on: Sep 2nd, 2007, 7:00am »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
on Aug 31st, 2007, 11:37pm, srn347 wrote:
They are equal. I checked on a calculator.
Calculators aren't very smart, you shouldn't trust them further than you can throw them; especially not after you've thrown them.
 
In any case, just because a calculator 'thinks' two values are the same, doesn't make them so. A calculator makes rounding errors.  
Just take some (positive) number, do sqrt a hundred times, then do sqr a hundred times. Chances are you won't get the same number you started with, even though you should.
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« Reply #26 on: Sep 3rd, 2007, 1:34am »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
--meh--
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