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Re: Bowditch Table 15
From: Craig Scott
Date: 2005 Jan 24, 20:59 -0500
From: Craig Scott
Date: 2005 Jan 24, 20:59 -0500
I remember from statistics that the process of squaring a number then taking the root of it is for the purpose of removing negative numbers. Craig -----Original Message----- From: Navigation Mailing List [mailto:NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM]On Behalf Of Bill Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 20:51 To: NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM Subject: Re: [NAV-L] Bowditch Table 15 ...But that makes no sense to square a number then take its square root without doing anything else to it.
