Very odd ratio

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Published: Saturday, 20 April 2013 00:00

I was reading some news when I noticed a mathematical curiosity. The article on a physics result mentioned a chance of “one in ten to the minus 7”. Of course this is a mistake: a small chance is either one in ten to the 7” or “ten to the minus 7”. The combination of “one in” and “minus” is nonsense. Interesting enough, this mistake is really common….

#math #oops

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