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Re: Inconsistency between volume, density, and mass
Jason, I think Steve has identified a bug in the UI panel. You are not actually using significant digits for the Volume are you? You are just rounding? If you were using significant figures wouldn't the panel say 1.74e-3 m^3? 0.001 m^3 only has 1 significant digit? Also aren't you using 4 significant digits in all these… -
Inconsistency between volume, density, and mass
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Re: Inconsistency between volume, density, and mass
Hey Steve, What is happening is we are rounding 0.00147...m^3 to .001 m^3. For most things where you are using meters to define volume, going to 3 significant figures is "good enough" for volume. If you want a more accurate result change your length units to centimeters. You can change this for all documents or change… -
Re: Inconsistency between volume, density, and mass
@OpenR2 Why do they need to match exactly? Why should there be scientific notation? I think this (don't mind about numbers) is easy to read and even non-tech person (almost) understand what it says. * Mass: 4.429 kg * Volume: 51498736.937 mm3 * Surface area: 9000975.079 mm2 If you need higher precision, just change units.… -
Re: Inconsistency between volume, density, and mass
Steve asked a question about why when he used the numbers in the panel the math didn't add up. Jason answered his question but I'm not sure his answer was 100% correct. At least not 100% clear.I believe he was mixing up concept precision and the concept of significant figures in his explanation. I answered Steve's…
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