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xMonty
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Hi,
I have a really stupid question
suppose the base and perpendicular are both length 1 (whatever units)
then the hypotenuse's length comes out to be SquareRoot of 2
but square root of 2 is 1.41421356.... (not a fixed number)
so that means if i physically measure the hypotenuse upto the accuracy of 3 decimal places i would get 1.414
but the actual length is bigger then that, its bigger by .00021356... which is not much
but the point is "Since the square root of 2 is not an exact number" with whatever arbitrary precision i choose to measure the hypotenuse its length will always be somewhat bigger than what i just measured
Whats going on.. is there s disconnect between the real and mathematics world
Thoughts please
I have a really stupid question
suppose the base and perpendicular are both length 1 (whatever units)
then the hypotenuse's length comes out to be SquareRoot of 2
but square root of 2 is 1.41421356.... (not a fixed number)
so that means if i physically measure the hypotenuse upto the accuracy of 3 decimal places i would get 1.414
but the actual length is bigger then that, its bigger by .00021356... which is not much
but the point is "Since the square root of 2 is not an exact number" with whatever arbitrary precision i choose to measure the hypotenuse its length will always be somewhat bigger than what i just measured
Whats going on.. is there s disconnect between the real and mathematics world
Thoughts please