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    1 day ago

    No, I didn’t. The math was fine, it was me not counting the places in the answer correctly that was the problem.

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        No, it’s not. The numbers used to derive the answer were correct. I did not forget to multiply by the K. I read the answer wrong when I transferred it.

        My math was correct, my reading wasn’t.

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          22 hours ago

          Cost to give every household rooftop solar: 133m × $22.5k = $3b

          Should be “133m × $22.5k = $3000b”… or 3 trillion. You don’t think the right side of the equation is part of the math?

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              If you think I have made an error, feel free to point it out. I prefer being corrected than being wrong.

              I’ve never understood why people are so reluctant to admit mistakes. Insecurity? I have no problem with it.

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                11 hours ago

                The person I initially responded to said that the reason I was off by a factor of 1000 was because I forgot to multiply by the K in the price.

                I said the actual reason I was off by 1000 was because when I glanced at the calculator I read the result wrong. The math was right, my reading comprehension wasn’t.

                I was never arguing that the answer I put in the comment wasn’t wrong. I even edited it.