5% trick

kyniemxotxa · Star Member

5% trick

bradp · Senior Member

what specifically are you talking about? approximations have to be within 5% of the answer, but there are all kinds of approximations

useless · Long-term Member

I think Kyniemxota was refering to that discussion we had a while ago about estimations in general. I think I posed a question that asked why you couldnt estimate something a certain way, and it was because I rounded both numbers up and didnt subtract out enough to compensate for the disparity. I was also kinda interested in seeing that kind of technique explained...