12.3*70.95 a little bit weird

• Subject: 12.3*70.95 a little bit weird
• From: Alexander Klimov
• Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 11:11:01 +0200

On Tue, 29 Nov 2011, Dan wrote:
> %i1)  12.3*70.95
> %o1) 872.6850000000001
> [...]
> Could anyone give some suggestions on how to do it correctly?

(%i1) 123/10 * 7095/100, numer;
(%o1)                               872.685

or

(%i2) fpprintprec:8;
(%o2)                                  8
(%i3) 12.3*70.95;
(%o3)                               872.685

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Regards,
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