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DougMerritt (log😅 = 💧log😄) on Nostr: Thank you. It's just that I remain unclear on this: > We also know that m₁ and m₂ ...

Thank you. It's just that I remain unclear on this:

> We also know that m₁ and m₂ are really close to each other, while m₃ is further away. So
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> m₁ < m₃ < m₂
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> is ruled out, as @UweHalfHand noted.
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> But none of this says whether m₃ is bigger or smaller than the other two masses.

It's just that I don't see how m₃ could be known to be "further away" when it's not even known whether it's above or below m₁ and m₂.

Usually a situation like that would mean that the unknown value could be anything in that entire range.