Re: Maths: why does 987654321 / 123456789 = 8.000000073
eh, i'll explain a little. if you compare successive lines in the picture, you can see what is happening. it's a consequence of the fact that eight is two less than ten, the base of the decimal system. you would get a similar pattern with 6 in octal, or 14 in hexadecimal.
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