http://www.regrettheerror.com/2009/11/17/fuzzy-numbers-etc-240/ Mistakes Happen Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:43:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.regrettheerror.com/2009/11/17/fuzzy-numbers-etc-240/comment-page-1/#comment-23114 Nat Gertler Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:27:59 +0000 http://www.regrettheerror.com/?p=9540#comment-23114 And they still get the math wrong. <br>If a million times a million is <i>doubled</i>, you don't get a billion billion. You get either two billion or two thousand billion, depending on which definition of "billion" you're using. The concept they're looking for is if a million times a million is <i>squared</i>. That will give you your number with 24 zeroes, which is either a billion billion (under the larger definition of "billion") or a million billion billion (under the smaller definition.) And they still get the math wrong.
If a million times a million is doubled, you don't get a billion billion. You get either two billion or two thousand billion, depending on which definition of “billion” you're using. The concept they're looking for is if a million times a million is squared. That will give you your number with 24 zeroes, which is either a billion billion (under the larger definition of “billion”) or a million billion billion (under the smaller definition.)

]]> http://www.regrettheerror.com/2009/11/17/fuzzy-numbers-etc-240/comment-page-1/#comment-22973 Nat Gertler Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:27:59 +0000 http://www.regrettheerror.com/?p=9540#comment-22973 And they still get the math wrong. <br>If a million times a million is <i>doubled</i>, you don't get a billion billion. You get either two billion or two thousand billion, depending on which definition of "billion" you're using. The concept they're looking for is if a million times a million is <i>squared</i>. That will give you your number with 24 zeroes, which is either a billion billion (under the larger definition of "billion") or a million billion billion (under the smaller definition.) And they still get the math wrong.
If a million times a million is doubled, you don't get a billion billion. You get either two billion or two thousand billion, depending on which definition of “billion” you're using. The concept they're looking for is if a million times a million is squared. That will give you your number with 24 zeroes, which is either a billion billion (under the larger definition of “billion”) or a million billion billion (under the smaller definition.)

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