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    Quote Originally Posted by bogan View Post
    Just how did you fuck it up btw?
    Sloppy maths.

    Much like yours.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Katman View Post
    120.5 - 17% = 99.65

    Are your calculations always that sloppy?
    Ok, here ya go then...

    120.4819277...that's as far as the calculator can fit.
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    Everyone here fails at applying the concept of significant figures.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Katman View Post
    Sloppy maths.

    Much like yours.
    Nah, I mean specifically, what you call sloppiness on my part is just rounding, standard practice, and I dare say self evident in the answer I gave.

    What you fucked up is obviously in the methodology, the figures were wrong right from the first digit; just how (specifically) did you manage that?
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    Quote Originally Posted by bogan View Post
    Nah, I mean specifically, what you call sloppiness on my part is just rounding, standard practice, and I dare say self evident in the answer I gave.

    What you fucked up is obviously in the methodology, the figures were wrong right from the first digit; just how (specifically) did you manage that?
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    Quote Originally Posted by bogan View Post
    Nah, I mean specifically, what you call sloppiness on my part is just rounding, standard practice, and I dare say self evident in the answer I gave.

    What you fucked up is obviously in the methodology, the figures were wrong right from the first digit; just how (specifically) did you manage that?
    Do you actually expect him to admit he is wrong?
    Anyway, must be about time that he posted a picture of his laundry outdoors somewhere. Oh and Yonkel hasn't said "cognitive dissonance " for a while, that must be coming up?
    And then we can rinse and repeat I guess?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Padmei View Post
    Q. A - 17% = 100

    How do I work out what 'A' is?
    Have a friend that got 4% in school cert maths 48 years ago. I'll ask her tomorrow and get back to you.
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    Quote Originally Posted by FJRider View Post
    Speaking of significant figures ... is this a fail too .. ???
    A bit sloppy. But rounding is generally okay these days. I'd call that a pass.

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    A = cake, if you eat 17% of cake, you no longer have 100% of cake.

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    Thanks Bogan.
    Any other way of working it out?

    trying to stay ahead of my girls maths - don't want to appear too dumb... in front of them- I don't give a fcuk about you guys
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    Quote Originally Posted by awa355 View Post
    Have a friend that got 4% in school cert maths 48 years ago. I'll ask her tomorrow and get back to you.
    LOL, I've a mate who got 0.5% in school cert maths . Some said the 0.5 was because he spelt his name correctly

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike.Gayner View Post
    Everyone here fails at applying the concept of significant figures.
    The concept of a significant figure: 36-24-36.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Padmei View Post
    Thanks Bogan.
    Any other way of working it out?

    trying to stay ahead of my girls maths - don't want to appear too dumb... in front of them- I don't give a fcuk about you guys
    Not really, just the one right way, this isn't fucking art class after all
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    1+1 = 2, does that help ya
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    Some of us needs to go back to school.


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