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| From | Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | sci.physics.relativity |
| Subject | Re: I was wrong |
| Date | 2016-09-12 20:25 -0500 |
| Organization | Aioe.org NNTP Server |
| Message-ID | <nr7ki3$1aad$1@gioia.aioe.org> (permalink) |
| References | (10 earlier) <bed90364-6228-4ea5-b005-16b1ded7ddd5@googlegroups.com> <nr4uq2$vgj$1@gioia.aioe.org> <3fffb265-8338-43c8-9f84-c16fb39d9ce3@googlegroups.com> <nr67b3$rr4$1@gioia.aioe.org> <c28da85e-497d-4141-a186-c6c4ef8c4b4e@googlegroups.com> |
On 9/12/2016 5:39 PM, Peter Riedt wrote: > On Monday, September 12, 2016 at 8:33:42 PM UTC+8, Odd Bodkin wrote: >> On 9/11/2016 11:26 PM, Peter Riedt wrote: >>> On Monday, September 12, 2016 at 9:01:58 AM UTC+8, Odd Bodkin wrote: >> >>>>> You have found good approximations but can you find the average orbital velocity for >>>>> the two free fall objects around the sun using assumed eccentricities? >>>>> >>>>> semi major axis period days ecc >>>>> 292,765,803,893 1,000 0.85 >>>>> 1,000,000,000,000 6,313 0.95 >>>>> >>>> >>>> Please note, Peter, that the eccentricity you have quoted is to two >>>> significant digits. Therefore ANY ANSWER you would quote from this would >>>> be known to only two significant digits. If you produce a number that >>>> has more significant digits than this, then you have made a mistake, >>>> just like you have done before. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Odd Bodkin --- maker of fine toys, tools, tables >>> >>> Thanks for pointing it out. Increase the decimals to 8.599999 and 9.599999. >>> >> >> Now, of course, the period is quoted to only four significant figures. >> Do you understand the basics of carrying significant figures in >> calculations? >> >> -- >> Odd Bodkin --- maker of fine toys, tools, tables > > Use whatever number is appropriate and stop being evasive. > I've already given it, to the precision originally specified. You called it an approximation. It's not. It's the answer correctly quoted to the correct precision. Your answer, quoted to twelve significant digits, was not correct, because it claimed precision that you do not have. -- Odd Bodkin --- maker of fine toys, tools, tables
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Re: I was wrong Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-09-08 13:37 -0500
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Re: I was wrong Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-09-09 07:23 -0500
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Re: I was wrong Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-09-18 03:03 -0700
Re: I was wrong Prokaryotic Caspase Homolog <prokaryotic.caspase.homolog@gmail.com> - 2016-09-18 04:17 -0700
Re: I was wrong Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-09-18 08:14 -0500
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Re: I was wrong Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-09-19 11:26 -0700
Re: I was wrong Prokaryotic Caspase Homolog <prokaryotic.caspase.homolog@gmail.com> - 2016-09-19 11:46 -0700
Re: I was wrong Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-09-19 18:04 -0700
Re: I was wrong Prokaryotic Caspase Homolog <prokaryotic.caspase.homolog@gmail.com> - 2016-09-19 18:25 -0700
Re: I was wrong Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-09-19 19:05 -0700
Re: I was wrong Prokaryotic Caspase Homolog <prokaryotic.caspase.homolog@gmail.com> - 2016-09-19 20:23 -0700
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