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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)
  • References: <200502091427.JAA02731@smc.vnet.net>
  • Reply-to: yehuda ben-shimol <bsyehuda at gmail.com>
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

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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