Barbara and/or Bill Hooper wrote:
>
> on 4/19/2002 12:16 AM, Joseph B. Reid at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > "4.2 The multiple can usually be chosen so that the numerical values will
> > be between 0.1 and 1000."
>
> Why is the word "usually" used in the above. The truth of the matter is that
> the multiple ALWAYS* can be chosen so the value is between 0.1 and 1000.
> Sometimes it is not convenient to do so but it is always possible*.
Your comments are valid for individual quantities, Bill, but that
"usually" is provided most often to allow for other cases. For example,
in tables one might prefer to use the same unit throughout. In that
case, some lines in the table might have numbers larger than 1000 or
less than 0.1. I'm sure that there are other extenuating circumstances.
Jim
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