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When one number is given as exact, and the other prefixed with "about", your intuition is that the exact number is not in fact an exact count? That is very odd.
by stefan_ 4y ago
When one number is given as exact, and the other prefixed with "about", your intuition is that the exact number is not in fact an exact count? That is very odd.
- furyofantares 4y agoBecause it said "about 16%, or 500 employees" - the "about" prefixes both things. I understand how you can read it otherwise, but it is how I read it.
- justeleblanc 4y agoWhat were you expecting? Scientific notation with error margins? "We fired 5×10²±5 employees"?