A repeated depth display must share the actual checked source. Exact arithmetic here means exact results for the stated model inputs; measured inputs still carry uncertainty and significant-figure limits.

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A repeated depth display shares the same checked source

Both statements cite the same depth 1/25 from one radius-ratio source.

source depth=125\text{source depth}=\tfrac{1}{25}
One depth sourceDuplicating a same-valued source object would fail.radiusRatio=1/5depth=1/25

The radius ratio is the source of the depth

The accepted source has radius ratio 1/5; a copied depth from another source is rejected.

(15)2=125\left(\tfrac{1}{5}\right)^{2}=\tfrac{1}{25}
Source-bound depthThe lesson repeats the value but not the source object.radiusRatio=1/5depth=1/25