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The most expensive mathematical error

Remember all the times you lost marks because you forgot to specify the units? Every now and then, it just so happens that you calculate a value in centimetres but write the units as metres instead, or don’t convert grams into kilograms. Ever felt th

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The most expensive mathematical error

Remember all the times you lost marks because you forgot to specify the units? Every now and then, it just so happens that you calculate a value in centimetres but write the units as metres instead, or don’t convert grams into kilograms. Ever felt th