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To: DoodleBob
These electronic calculator gizmos are just a passing fad. I’m sticking with my trusty slide rule. It’s precise to three significant digits (I never needed any more). And batteries are not required!


8 posted on 10/05/2022 5:31:42 PM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: Leaning Right

Well, that’s how we got to the Moon...


20 posted on 10/05/2022 5:42:31 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Leaning Right

Had one as a kid.

Loved messing with it. Used it to check my homework


37 posted on 10/05/2022 5:52:33 PM PDT by lizma2
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To: Leaning Right
I have 3 very nice slide rules left over from my undergrad days at the big U (early 70s).

They are absolutely not for sale at any price.

63 posted on 10/05/2022 6:16:32 PM PDT by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never...in nothing, great or small...Winston Churchill)
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To: Leaning Right

Very green solution. My old calculator was powered by a SUV.


76 posted on 10/05/2022 6:48:27 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA ( Scratch a leftist and you'll find a fascist in )
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To: Leaning Right

I have a Canon HS-1200TS calculator.
I do the following:
The low number is 47 and the high is 120 which is 73 difference.
Take the amount of increase which is 73 and then divide by the low number of 47
That is 1.55 x 100 and you get 155% increase.

My Canon HS-1200TS calculator shows 155.3100

On my Samsung S10 I have an free app called CalculatorPlus that shows:
155.319148936

Which of the 3 is the correct answer?


82 posted on 10/05/2022 7:07:15 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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