In using the formula for measuring an American Standard Unified Screw Thread by the three-wire method, why should the constant 0.86603 be multiplied by     the pitch before subtracting from measurement M, even if not enclosed by parentheses?  E=M+0.86603P+3W ?

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  In using the formula for measuring an American Standard Unified Screw Thread by the three-wire method, why should the constant 0.86603 be multiplied by
     the pitch before subtracting from measurement M, even if not enclosed by parentheses?  E=M+0.86603P+3W ?

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