Thread: Maths: why does 987654321 / 123456789 = 8.000000073
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Old 11-18-2007, 07:45 PM
john kane john kane is offline
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Default Maths: why does 987654321 / 123456789 = 8.000000073
i have spent many time at work typing into my calculator stuff like this. anyone know why if you do 987654321 divided by 123456789 it comes to such an eerie number, so close to 8, but not quite?
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