Engineers have never met a problem they couldn't solve with a good approximation! When no one's asking for solutions, there's always that one engineer ready to whip out their calculator, scribble some equations, and proudly announce "So anyway, I started approximating." The beauty of engineering isn't finding the perfect answer—it's finding one that's close enough to work while everyone else is still defining the problem! That paper full of calculations? That's just Tuesday morning coffee thoughts.