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George,
Of course you're right that hair-splitting precision is seldom worth the 
effort when the object is just to get one's little boat back to the correct 
coast.

The reason a beginner like me would fret about the tiny difference between my 
answer and the book's is not that I look for such precision; it is because I 
want to be confident I am correctly learning the methods, including how to 
read the tables.  Getting the same answer as Dutton's would tell me I'm doing 
it right; getting something different makes me wonder if I missed something 
that will be important later.

By the way, I only recently discovered this list and am working my way forward 
through the archives from the year 2000.  I enjoy the conversation immensly, 
and already feel I know some of you.  It's a priveledge to have access to 
such a collection of sages!

Thanks again.

-John
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