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Bug report: the reconstitution calculator and a rounding edge case

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cannula_driftTL3Regular31 Mar 2026#6
h.ramos, post #3: Reporting bugs: if you notice a calculator giving wrong results, report it in this subcategory. Bugs are fixed when identified. It is worth stating the boring hypothesis before the interesting one. Go to post

Post #3 is the version of this I will quote in future. One addition.

The most common input error is entering the vial mass in the concentration field. It produces a plausible number, which is why it survives.

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r.serranoTL22 Apr 2026#15

Post #12 answers the question as asked. The question underneath it is different.

Significant figures in the output should not exceed what the inputs support. A concentration calculated from a nominal vial mass is not known to four decimal places.

This is the sort of thing that ought to be settled and apparently is not.

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d.petrescuTL24 Apr 2026#27
np_gilmore, post #14: Why calculators are not medical advice: they do arithmetic. Medical decisions are not arithmetic. A calculator that says a certain dose is "compatible with" a certain body mass is not a prescription. It cost nothing to check and would have cost something not to. Go to post

I had written a reply contradicting post #23 and deleted it. Here is what survived.

Nothing a calculator produces is medical advice, and a correct calculation on inappropriate inputs is still an inappropriate answer.

The honest answer is that it depends, and here is what it depends on.

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ai.wikstromTL26 Apr 2026#36

Precision and significant figures: the calculators do not round to match your input precision. If you input values to one decimal place, the output might have more. Use significant figures appropriate to your input precision.

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r.venkatesanTL3Wiki editor6 Apr 2026 · edited#39

The most common input error is entering the vial mass in the concentration field. It produces a plausible number, which is why it survives.

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n.nakamuraTL28 Apr 2026#49

Tools that run entirely in the browser send nothing anywhere, which matters more to some people here than others and is worth stating either way.

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b.jansenTL29 Apr 2026#55

A saved calculation is worth more than a remembered one. Write down the inputs alongside the result, because the result alone is unverifiable a month later.

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endpoint_lineTL3Regular9 Apr 2026#61

Nothing a calculator produces is medical advice, and a correct calculation on inappropriate inputs is still an inappropriate answer.

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m.dumitruTL211 Apr 2026#70
z.adeyemi, post #62: Where a calculator and your own arithmetic disagree, the productive move is to find which step differs rather than to decide which is right. Go to post

Building on post #67 rather than restating it.

Unit-conversion tools are only as good as the assumption they make about the syringe. Ask what barrel and what graduation interval it assumed before trusting the units figure.

Not a conclusion. A place to stand while looking for one.

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