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Calculators have traditionally used base 10 internally, not base 2, what is the base of the numbers on that TI? That's the answer, if it's base 10, .1, .2 and .
by acqq 11y ago
Calculators have traditionally used base 10 internally, not base 2, what is the base of the numbers on that TI? That's the answer, if it's base 10, .1, .2 and .3 are all exact.
- acqq 11y agoThe Wikipedia mentions base 10 with TI Basic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TI-BASIC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TI-BASIC "Real numbers, using decimal floating point. These store up to 14 significant digits depending on the calculator model."
- soegaard 11y agoThis is it. An example: (1/3)*3.-1 gives -1E-14