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Old 02-07-2013, 03:57 PM
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Originally Posted by AndrewJ View Post
... we were taught to use lots of mental shortcuts to get an approximation of an answer, just in case we went astray with the buttons etc. I see that ability seems to be disappearing fast.
"Seat of the pants understanding" and "the calculator is for precision, not getting the basic answer" were drilled into me as a science student.
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