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Re: precision of numbers

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• Subject: [mg54076] Re: [mg54056] precision of numbers
• From: Chris Chiasson <chris.chiasson at gmail.com>
• Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 02:46:07 -0500 (EST)
• References: <200502091427.JAA02731@smc.vnet.net>
• Reply-to: Chris Chiasson <chris.chiasson at gmail.com>
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Use Rationalize[445.25] instead of 445.25
Drop the N

Regards,

On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 09:27:29 -0500 (EST), fartous at mail15.com
<fartous at mail15.com> wrote:
> in the product:
> 15525600000*445.25*24
> the output is:
> 1.65907*(10^14)
> also when we use:
> N[15525600000*445.25*24, 15]
> the output is 1.65907*(10^14)
> but i want the precise number:
> 165906561600000
> what could i do
> jack
> 
> 


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