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#1 2006-07-02 23:15:08
- John E. Franklin
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√51
Do the (sqrt) √51 on your calculator and what do you notice??
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#2 2006-07-03 01:40:59
- Ricky
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Re: √51
51: 7.1414284285428499979993998113673
2: 1.4142135623730950488016887242097
Pretty close, but it would have been a really good find if they were exact for 10 digits or so.
"In the real world, this would be a problem. But in mathematics, we can just define a place where this problem doesn't exist. So we'll go ahead and do that now..."
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#3 2006-07-04 08:06:41
- John E. Franklin
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Re: √51
But if we were in base-100, then only 5 digits would be a great find!!
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