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0 pointseesmith3y ago0 comments

It's less than one order of magnitude. 4 million vs. 24 million is a factor of 6, not 10.

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kzrdude3y ago· 1 in thread

4 vs 24 million is "about an order of magnitude", if you ask physics. We don't need to be accurate with that expression. And Log_10 (24/4) ≃ 0.78, it's not far away from 1.

eesmithOP3y ago

Umm, I'm pointing out that 7e can't correctly say 'more than one order magnitude, less than two. So, plural!' Note the "more" and "plural".

Even physicists say that one is not plural.

pproe3y ago· 1 in thread

I guess in that case you could still say its 0.6 orderS of magnitude... So not entirely false.

eesmithOP3y ago

It still wouldn't be 'more than one order magnitude'.

shawabawa33y ago

orders of magnitude don't have to be base 10

It's 2.5 more base 2 orders of magnitude

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