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lvl10720-Turquoise
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September 9, 2010
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The two calculations.

  • September 9, 2010
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Hello all,
The two following calculations just for recreation.
Regard,
Loi Le.

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MikeArmstrong1-Visitor
1-Visitor
September 9, 2010

Those images have just crashed my browser!!!!

Mike

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IRstuff1-Visitor
1-Visitor
September 9, 2010

Not surprising, since you're at the limit of most calculators' built-in precision. Note that the decimal precision is not exact, since the actual machine representation of the numbers is in binary.

TTFN

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MikeArmstrong1-Visitor
1-Visitor
September 9, 2010

Mathcad returns:-

Mathcad.gif

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jeanGiraud1-Visitor
1-Visitor
September 9, 2010

Same problem as before: Mathcad numerical takes the Pentium IV machine precision or the floating point. How many zillions of these things will you invent ?

MCADkakul_2.gif

jmG

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