• jayk@lemmy.ca
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    2 days ago

    why would you divide something by 10^-3 instead of just multiplying it by 1000

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      1 day ago

      I think you are forgetting the basic premise of the theory

    • davidgro@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      Perhaps the value was from elsewhere in the conversation and could have just as well been a variable in the formula, so they were referencing where it came from by spelling it out.