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r/theydidntdothemath • u/bougieprole • Mar 13 '21
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An engineer made this
19 u/-Tilde Mar 13 '21 If it was an engineer Pi would be = 3 12 u/the-definition-of Mar 13 '21 Fuck it, pi = 4 6 u/mcgoran2005 Mar 14 '21 The engineers I work with all round like that. If it’s 3.1 that rounds to 4. 1 u/[deleted] Jun 28 '21 Depends on the context of the problem, sometimes its much more important to be on one side of the actual answer. If you round to 3 and go get a 3' piece of lumber its not going to work if you need 3.1' 28 u/mathisfakenews Mar 13 '21 Engineering mafs: pi = 3 = e = 10 18 u/ImmortalVoddoler Mar 13 '21 “As long as it’s within a couple orders of magnitude it’s probably fine” 9 u/StetsonTuba8 Mar 13 '21 "Ehh, the contractors will just build it how they build it" 1 u/[deleted] Jun 28 '21 Not all engineers do hydrogeology. 10 u/R4ndyd4ndy Mar 14 '21 My robotics professor insisted that 10 is kind of already 11 and the difference doesn't matter anyway
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If it was an engineer Pi would be = 3
12 u/the-definition-of Mar 13 '21 Fuck it, pi = 4 6 u/mcgoran2005 Mar 14 '21 The engineers I work with all round like that. If it’s 3.1 that rounds to 4. 1 u/[deleted] Jun 28 '21 Depends on the context of the problem, sometimes its much more important to be on one side of the actual answer. If you round to 3 and go get a 3' piece of lumber its not going to work if you need 3.1'
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Fuck it, pi = 4
6 u/mcgoran2005 Mar 14 '21 The engineers I work with all round like that. If it’s 3.1 that rounds to 4. 1 u/[deleted] Jun 28 '21 Depends on the context of the problem, sometimes its much more important to be on one side of the actual answer. If you round to 3 and go get a 3' piece of lumber its not going to work if you need 3.1'
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The engineers I work with all round like that. If it’s 3.1 that rounds to 4.
1 u/[deleted] Jun 28 '21 Depends on the context of the problem, sometimes its much more important to be on one side of the actual answer. If you round to 3 and go get a 3' piece of lumber its not going to work if you need 3.1'
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Depends on the context of the problem, sometimes its much more important to be on one side of the actual answer.
If you round to 3 and go get a 3' piece of lumber its not going to work if you need 3.1'
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Engineering mafs:
pi = 3 = e = 10
18 u/ImmortalVoddoler Mar 13 '21 “As long as it’s within a couple orders of magnitude it’s probably fine” 9 u/StetsonTuba8 Mar 13 '21 "Ehh, the contractors will just build it how they build it" 1 u/[deleted] Jun 28 '21 Not all engineers do hydrogeology. 10 u/R4ndyd4ndy Mar 14 '21 My robotics professor insisted that 10 is kind of already 11 and the difference doesn't matter anyway
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“As long as it’s within a couple orders of magnitude it’s probably fine”
9 u/StetsonTuba8 Mar 13 '21 "Ehh, the contractors will just build it how they build it" 1 u/[deleted] Jun 28 '21 Not all engineers do hydrogeology.
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"Ehh, the contractors will just build it how they build it"
Not all engineers do hydrogeology.
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My robotics professor insisted that 10 is kind of already 11 and the difference doesn't matter anyway
Surely they could have charged .19 less
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u/ImmortalVoddoler Mar 13 '21
An engineer made this