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What’s the Upper and Lower Bounds of 50 to 2 significant figures
Ub:50.5
lb:49.5
(edited 6 years ago)
Original post by XOfollower
Ub:50.5
lb:49.5


LB is 49.5
UB is 50.4
:smile:

If you are to round 50.4, you will still get 50.
Whereas, if you round 50.5, you will get 51.
Original post by badmathkid
LB is 49.5
UB is 50.4
:smile:

If you are to round 50.4, you will still get 50.
Whereas, if you round 50.5, you will get 51.


it doesnt work that way. its not like rounding. they are called bounds for a reason
Original post by XOfollower
it doesnt work that way. its not like rounding. they are called bounds for a reason


Ooops, my bad. You can tell by my username haha.
It isn't so much 50.5 and 50.499999 recurring. Which can be mathematically proven to be equal to 50.5, but rounds down to 50. Don't think too hard on it :tongue:

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