mattce wrote:
Hmm, despite correctly answering this question, I have a concern:
Question 3:
I agree that C is the "best" answer, but I use the word "best" with reservation.
The passage states that "Whenever he reran his model with the same inputs, different outputs resulted"
This implies that even at the beginning, he could see the impact of these rounding errors.
Thus, how can we say that these errors started off as being "imperceptibly small"?
- Do people agree on this or am I incorrect?
Question 3:
I agree that C is the "best" answer, but I use the word "best" with reservation.
The passage states that "Whenever he reran his model with the same inputs, different outputs resulted"
This implies that even at the beginning, he could see the impact of these rounding errors.
Thus, how can we say that these errors started off as being "imperceptibly small"?
- Do people agree on this or am I incorrect?
Hi,
Here is a piece of my mind. Lets re-read this line from the passage again with a certain degree of criticality:
" Lorenz realized that the tiny rounding errors in his analog computer mushroomed over time, leading to erratic results."
The word "realized" clearly indicates that over the period of time iterating through his experiments he realized the imperceptible or "difficult to perceive" errors are indeed making a difference to the final result.
Hence the correct answer speaks out among the rest. Hope that helps
Btw a good passage. A difficult read but comparatively easier questions. All correct within 9mins & xx secs
