Approximately Equal To Exactly Wrong

Approximately Equal To Exactly Wrong
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The mathematical rebel's manifesto! Here we have the "approximately equals" symbol (≈) twice, followed by an "equals" (=) symbol. It's basically saying that "approximately + approximately = exactly." This is the mathematical equivalent of "two wrongs make a right" and would make any mathematician's eye twitch uncontrollably. In reality, compounding approximations actually increases uncertainty—a fact that error propagation equations would like to have a word about. Statistical nightmares are made of this!

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