The Engineer's Approximation Heresy

The Engineer's Approximation Heresy
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The eternal battle between engineers and mathematicians plays out hilariously here! Engineers are notorious for their "close enough" approximations where π (3.14159...) and e (2.71828...) both magically become 3 for the sake of calculation simplicity. Meanwhile, mathematicians die a little inside every time this mathematical crime occurs. The teacher's exasperated "This is the n-th time" caption perfectly captures the mathematical trauma of watching precision get sacrificed on the altar of practical engineering. Pure math vs applied math warfare at its finest!

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