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It's a simple linear function, and the delta Y has enough digits to overcome significant rounding error in comparison to measurement error.

In this application no rounding is needed either since the difference between rounding and truncation is also not significant.

You don't need the computer to do any of your multiplication or store any table.

You can start from a sufficiently low reference point, then add delta Y as you increment X.

Xref + deltaX = Yref + deltaY




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