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minus-squarejayk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·1 year agowhy would you divide something by 10^-3 instead of just multiplying it by 1000
minus-squaredavidgro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·1 year agoPerhaps the value was from elsewhere in the conversation and could have just as well been a variable in the formula, so they were referencing where it came from by spelling it out.
minus-squaretoast@retrolemmy.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 year agoI think you are forgetting the basic premise of the theory
why would you divide something by 10^-3 instead of just multiplying it by 1000
Perhaps the value was from elsewhere in the conversation and could have just as well been a variable in the formula, so they were referencing where it came from by spelling it out.
I think you are forgetting the basic premise of the theory