• PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Because when you’re dealing with measurements that are in the billions or trillions, you start working with orders of magnitude instead of specific numbers. A difference of a million miles is insignificant when the galaxy you’re measuring is 500 trillion miles away.

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      1 year ago

      Then why not use 1? It’s closer to pi than 10 and even easier to calculate with.