Do engineers working on high-tech applications make approximations?

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DaveE said:
Hmm, are we done here?
You asked a simple question and got a bunch of very similar answers from experienced engineers. What's the point? You don't have to believe us, do it your way.
I didn't question whether what you wrote was true. I said in my post "Alright, so it is true in EE. I wonder if this holds for mechanical engineering as well" since you mentioned you're an EE
 
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EddiePhys said:
I didn't question whether what you wrote was true. I said in my post "Alright, so it is true in EE. I wonder if this holds for mechanical engineering as well" since you mentioned you're an EE
It's true for all engineering disciplines. Also most of science.
The question "do we approximate things" is too simple to be interesting. It's time to graduate to how, when, and why we make approximations.
I'm done.