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The mathematical mystery inside the shooter Quake 3

scientificamerican.com

2 points by emmelaich 16 days ago · 2 comments

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emmelaichOP 16 days ago

https://archive.is/MexwV

dekhn 15 days ago

"If I asked you to calculate the inverse square root of 26 without a calculator, you’d probably be stuck for a while—and honestly, so would I."

Um, 5*2 is 25 and 6*2 is 36 so we know the square root of 26 is between thos two and likely a lot closer to 5.1.

And 1/5 = 0.2. The correct answer is .196 plus a few irrelevant digits.

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