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Old 04-23-2021, 11:37 AM   #24 (permalink)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by AeroMcAeroFace View Post
Car manufacturers almost always release drag coefficient data rounded to two decimal places, so the 0.31 is actually 0.31 +/- 0.005.

Maximum possible value:
0.315x0.937=0.295155

Minimum possible value:
0.305x0.937=0.285785

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If someone publishes a number, it is universally agreed that number is the observed data point. What you should have said is that actually the number observed could be between these two points, which would be odd unless the sensors were not calibrated to a standard.
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