Answers Quote by John Tukey

It's better to solve the right problem approximately than to solve the wrong problem exactly.

— John Tukey

“as normally solved by engineers, would require any number of perfectly reasonable but aesthetically displeasing approximations. Lawrence’s solution would provide exact results.”

— Neal Stephenson

If you define the problem correctly, you almost have the solution.

— Steve Jobs

The value of a problem is not so much coming up with the answer as in the ideas and attempted ideas it forces on…

— Israel Nathan Herstein

If math was your solver, I may be your questioner

— Anonymous

To ask the right question is already half the solution of a problem.

— Carl Jung

You can't always come up with the optimal solution, but you can usually come up with a better solution.

— Barack Obama

A problem is often half-solved when it is clearly stated.

— Dorothea Brande

Approximating involves making a series of educated guesses systematically by partitioning the problem into manageable chunks, identifying assumptions, and then using your general knowledge…

— Daniel Levitin

But in the new (math) approach, the important thing is to understand what you're doing, rather than to get the right answer.

— Tom Lehrer

The problem suggests the solution.

— Jay Maisel

“It is better to have an approximate answer to the right question than an exact answer to the wrong question. —JOHN TUKEY,”

— Josh Kaufman