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In my ninth grade physics class we had to use a slide rule to do calculations for the first three months to help develop that intuition for orders of magnitude.
by wrs 1y ago
In my ninth grade physics class we had to use a slide rule to do calculations for the first three months to help develop that intuition for orders of magnitude. Also because our teacher was just tired of people reporting results to nine significant figures for measurements they made with a meter stick.
- cratermoon 1y agoOh yeah learning to use slide rule is like a superpower when it comes to understanding orders of magnitude and significant figures. It's also a great way to become very comfortable with logarithms.