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An approximation can turn a complex calculation into a less complicated one. Please note that the definitions in our statistics encyclopedia are simplified explanations of terms. Our goal is to ...

It is almost the end of the financial year: a hurried accountant walks with authority into the cabin door that reads “Founder & CEO” – throwing the print out on the table for his boss to ...

Sometimes it is a good idea to estimate a calculation rather than work it out exactly, if you don’t need to know the exact value. In this situation, round the numbers in the question before ...

This monograph is concerned with the qualitative theory of best L1-approximation from finite-dimensional subspaces. It presents a survey of recent research that extends 'classical' results concerned ...

The questions in this quiz are suitable for GCSE maths students studying approximation, rounding to decimal places, rounding to significant figures, truncation, estimating calculations ...

The area \(A\) of a square of side length \(s\) is \(A=s^2\text{.}\) Suppose \(s\) increases by an amount \(\Delta s=ds\text{.}\) Draw a square and then illustrate ...

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The Warhammer 40K universe’s most iconic military unit doesn’t feature female members, but why are they nowhere to be found?

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