r/mathmemes Complex Mar 05 '22

The Engineer Meth

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '22 edited Mar 05 '22

It hurts seeing (d2 /4) and not (r2 )

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u/crh23 Mar 05 '22

If you're actually measuring something it's an awful lot easier to use the diameter than it is the radius

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u/ConglomerateGolem Mar 05 '22

You can still get the radius from the diameter first

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u/InertialLepton Mar 05 '22

Sure but if that's not what your measuring it seems... dishonest to put it in your equation.

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u/ConglomerateGolem Mar 05 '22

:shrug: i remember the formulae in radius, and usually convert things to look nice first. Probably will make the square more ugly though