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Bug 1+4/10

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• Subject: [mg120025] Bug 1+4/10
• From: "slawek" <slawek at host.pl>
• Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2011 05:40:16 -0400 (EDT)

Let check

In[1]:= 1.4 == 1 + 4/10
Out[1]= True

In[2]:= a = SetPrecision[1.4, 30]
Out[2]= 1.39999999999999991118215802999

In[3]:= b = SetPrecision[1 + 4/10, 30]
Out[3]= 1.40000000000000000000000000000

No comment is needed.

slawek

 

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