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Old 11-16-2007, 05:22 AM
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Default Re: Is one wrong answer more wrong?

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4 ~ 5

4 !~ -63

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It depends on how you define the "~" operator. In some applications it might make sense to say that 5 is more right than 4, but if you want to speak strictly about mathematics, both answers are equally wrong. In a mathematics course, if the correct answer is pi, for instance, and a student writes 3.141592653 for an answer, then that answer is wrong, although that answer is more than fine for almost any conceivable engineering application.

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You have ruint teh funny.
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