## GR0177 #2

maxyar
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### GR0177 #2

I noticed when I was doing this problem that the only way to solve this problem in a reasonable amount of time was to take an approximation at an early phase of the calculation, specifically you must let 60/66.6 ~ 1

now once you do that you can quickly solve the problem.

My question is this--- how do I know when to do these time saving tricks--- im guessing you learn mostly by practicing but if someone could point me to some more helpful info on this subject i would be interested

thx

physicsworks
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Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2010 8:00 am

### Re: GR0177 #2

Well, the answers to this problem differ from each other at least by the factor of 2. So unless you did a HUGE mistake, for instance, something like
$3 \approx 2$
or worse, you probably came to the right result.

By the way, it is useful to remember that, with a good precision
$\pi^2 \approx 10; ~ g \approx 10; \sqrt{2} \approx 1.4; \sqrt{3} \approx 1.7$
and so forth.

maxyar
Posts: 6
Joined: Sun Apr 24, 2011 1:03 am

### Re: GR0177 #2

physicsworks wrote:Well, the answers to this problem differ from each other at least by the factor of 2. So unless you did a HUGE mistake, for instance, something like
$3 \approx 2$
or worse, you probably came to the right result.

By the way, it is useful to remember that, with a good precision
$\pi^2 \approx 10; ~ g \approx 10; \sqrt{2} \approx 1.4; \sqrt{3} \approx 1.7$
and so forth.

thx