Re: Displaying decimals
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg63510] Re: Displaying decimals
- From: "Steven Shippee" <droukas at comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 01:26:06 -0500 (EST)
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- Reply-to: "Steven Shippee" <slshippee at comcast.net>
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Using your original numbers below, how about something like: f[x_] := 160.245051009838 + 0.05888359189242*x then approx = f[50] then SetPrecision[approx, 30] giving you: 163.189230604458998641348443925 instead of your original 163.189 Hope this helps, Steven Shippee slshippee at comcast.net "Lea Rebanks" <lrebanks at netvigator.com> wrote in message news:dpb0q8$1ph$1 at smc.vnet.net... > > 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 > > 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. >