/sci/ - Science & Math

[Anonymous No.3719137]

>mfw my answer is 1/16 away from the right answer and I can't find the error.

[Anonymous No.3719141]

forgot your name

[Anonymous No.3719142]

>can't find the error

Maybe ... you should add 1/16

[Anonymous No.3719146]

You forgot to subtract <span class="math">1/16[/spoiler]

[Anonymous No.3719152]

>not using cramster or a pirated solutions manual

ISHYGDDT

[Anonymous No.3719153]

>>3719137
Whenever you find your answer to be incorrect it is important to identify HOW.

if it was a difference of 1/16 you then have to figure out which number caused the error.

Did you multiply something by 1/16 one too many times? Subtract too few?

Is there a 16 anywhere else in the problem?

[Anonymous No.3719164]

>>3719137
I hope you do know, that if your answer is close to the correct one, it doesn't mean that your solution is almost right.

[Anonymous No.3719173]

>>3719164
I didn't say it was, it means I had a mathematical error somewhere that I overlooked.

[Anonymous No.3719183]

>>3719173
It might've been mathematical error.
It might've been 5 mathematical errors.
It might've been flawed logic.

[Anonymous No.3719218]

okay I found it, I rearranged my math and now a different part is wrong.

Can someone explain to me when I have the integration of 1/8cos(2u) [let u=2x] if I don't plug in u I get the wrong answer but when I plug u back in before the integration I get the right one? What am I not seeing

[Anonymous No.3719270]

>Testing water for Nitrates
>Have to test some known concentrations first to develop a curve so I can plot the field sample
>First 3 controls seem normal
>Last 2 are WAY THE FUCK OFF WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED JESUS FUCK
>Take a whiff of them, smells fruity
>Notice my lab assistant has bottle of 7-Up
>She poured 7-Up in my controls and it fucked up my solutions.
>Chuck the 7-Up out of the window, yell at her for wasting my time.
>Make her finish the tests

I fucking hate lab assistants.