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People generally accept a calculator's result when multiplying two numbers without independently checking it.
Unresolved speaker · Mathematics Just Changed Forever — Kevin Hartnett · 26 Oct 2026
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“You multiply two numbers on a calculator, you get a result. You just take the calculator's word for it. Nobody's gonna check it.”1:39Report a misattribution
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