Re: Displaying decimals
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- Subject: [mg63502] Re: [mg63476] Displaying decimals
- From: Bob Hanlon <hanlonr at cox.net>
- Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 01:25:22 -0500 (EST)
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slope[x_]:=160.245051009838+0.05888359189242*x;
slope[50]//InputForm
163.189230604459
Table[NumberForm[slope[50],n],{n,11,15}]
{163.1892306,163.189230604,163.1892306045,163.18923060446,163.189
230604459}
Bob Hanlon
>
> From: "Lea Rebanks" <lrebanks at netvigator.com>
To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
> Date: 2006/01/02 Mon AM 05:49:09 EST
> Subject: [mg63502] [mg63476] Displaying decimals
>
>
> Given the enclosed function, I can not make Mathematica v5.1 display
> greater than 3 decimals. Please help.
>
> slope[x_]:=160.245051009838+0.05888359189242*x
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> EG. slope[50] = 163.189
>
> I don't know how or why this is happening. I have tried N[expr,20] to
> no avail.
>
> Many thanks for your attention.
>
> Lea Rebanks.
>
>