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#1 Posted : Tuesday, May 01, 2012 2:42:08 PM(UTC)
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Hello,

I have come across an error when doing the folowing calculation.

-5.00+.85+.85+3.30=-4.44*10^-16 ( decimal places are set to 2)

The above equation should equal zero.

I am using the portable version .93 (build 4466 ) on Windows 7 Pro 64bit.




Thanks in advance.



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#2 Posted : Tuesday, May 01, 2012 9:11:55 PM(UTC)
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Hello,

I was wondering if anyone else can reproduce this symptom.


Thanks,
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#3 Posted : Tuesday, May 01, 2012 9:21:12 PM(UTC)
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Hello lcesero.
Yes, I've reproduced it. The only thing I can do here is to add an ability to replace answer with 0 if the result accuracy is less then or equal . This way used by Mathcad as an option of every equation. Will think about it.

Best regards, Andrey Ivashov.

Edited by user Tuesday, May 01, 2012 9:30:00 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

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