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Re: Is there a simple way to transform 1.1 to 11/10?

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  • Subject: [mg92999] Re: Is there a simple way to transform 1.1 to 11/10?
  • From: appris at att.net
  • Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 05:39:59 -0400 (EDT)
  • References: <gdkajv$4r2$1@smc.vnet.net>

Accorindg to Mathematica's documentation:

Rationalize[x,0] gives a rational number equivalent to x up to the
precision of x.

So, in your case, try,

In[1]:= Rationalize[1.00000000100000000000, 0]

Out[1]= 1000000001/1000000000

In[2]:= N[%, 20]

Out[2]= 1.0000000010000000000


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