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Old 11-18-2007, 07:58 PM
Styhn Styhn is offline
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Default Re: Maths: why does 987654321 / 123456789 = 8.000000073

Uhm.. Because 123456789 * 8 is almost equal to 987654321? Not trying to sound smug but that's all there is to it I think [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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Old 11-25-2007, 02:32 PM
CORed CORed is offline
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Default Re: Maths: why does 987654321 / 123456789 = 8.000000073

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Uhm.. Because 123456789 * 8 is almost equal to 987654321? Not trying to sound smug but that's all there is to it I think [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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123456789 * 8 = 987654312, to be exact.
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