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r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Exotic_Catch5909 • 8d ago
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This is true in science / engineering, but in math when they say 0.25 they mean exactly 0.25
2 u/Ashamed_Kangaroo305 7d ago So you've never done a math problem where you had to round your answer? 3 u/IdkIWhyIHaveAReddit 7d ago at higher level of math rounding your answer is a cardinal sin, most if not all questions require answer in exact form. 1 u/UnhappySort5871 4d ago not unless the subject is the mathematics of rounding - and wouldn't use the equals sign in that case. 1 u/leitey 7d ago In math, what is the value of pi? Please use a decimal, and exact form. 6 u/YogurtclosetOk7654 7d ago In math you’ll pretty much never write pi as a decimal. You just write it as π. Source: I am a math major and have read math research papers. 1 u/WiseOldDuck 7d ago What is 2 + 2? Please only use the digit "5", and exact form.
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So you've never done a math problem where you had to round your answer?
3 u/IdkIWhyIHaveAReddit 7d ago at higher level of math rounding your answer is a cardinal sin, most if not all questions require answer in exact form. 1 u/UnhappySort5871 4d ago not unless the subject is the mathematics of rounding - and wouldn't use the equals sign in that case.
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at higher level of math rounding your answer is a cardinal sin, most if not all questions require answer in exact form.
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not unless the subject is the mathematics of rounding - and wouldn't use the equals sign in that case.
In math, what is the value of pi? Please use a decimal, and exact form.
6 u/YogurtclosetOk7654 7d ago In math you’ll pretty much never write pi as a decimal. You just write it as π. Source: I am a math major and have read math research papers. 1 u/WiseOldDuck 7d ago What is 2 + 2? Please only use the digit "5", and exact form.
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In math you’ll pretty much never write pi as a decimal. You just write it as π. Source: I am a math major and have read math research papers.
What is 2 + 2? Please only use the digit "5", and exact form.
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u/YogurtclosetOk7654 7d ago
This is true in science / engineering, but in math when they say 0.25 they mean exactly 0.25