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From: "Edward Rawde" <invalid@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Interview Question (your Sunday ruined part 2)
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2024 19:34:29 -0400
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"piglet" <erichpwagner@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:vf3ntu$i9cd$1@dont-email.me...
> On 20/10/2024 7:59 pm, Edward Rawde wrote:
>> "john larkin" <JL@gct.com> wrote in message news:2rjahj1m5itht9k5nlh5p9q11onumbbb5s@4ax.com...
>>> On Sun, 20 Oct 2024 19:32:45 +0200, Jeroen Belleman
>>> <jeroen@nospam.please> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 10/20/24 19:18, Cursitor Doom wrote:
>>>>> John Larkin has from time to time posted some elementary questions he
>>>>> likes to torture his job applicants with. I'd like to propose one of my
>>>>> own.
>>>>>
>>>>> If I'm measuring 218 ohms between points A and B in this diagram, what is
>>>>> the value of Rx?
>>>>>
>>>>> https://disk.yandex.com/i/hxjWx0tDUCzxiA
>>>>
>>>> 517 Ohms.
>>>>
>>>> Jeroen Belleman
>>>
>>> Does R330 mean 0.33 ohms?
>>>
>>> I hate that sort of notation, like 2k47.
>>
>> I keep having difficulty not using it in LTSpice.
>>
>> 0.33 ohms would be 0R33
>>
>>
>
> LT Spice will happily accept 2k47 for 2470 ohms - you can even use 0meg33 if you want for 330k in the old Soviet way

The reason I try to avoid it outside locations where it's not questioned is because there's always someone who will ask what does 
2k7 mean? :)

>
> piglet
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