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Re: precision of numbers

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• Subject: [mg54112] Re: [mg54056] precision of numbers
• From: yehuda ben-shimol <bsyehuda at gmail.com>
• Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 03:33:25 -0500 (EST)
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• Reply-to: yehuda ben-shimol <bsyehuda at gmail.com>
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Use
15525600000*445.25*24 // IntegerPart
and get the integer result
yehuda

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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