http://aydin.net/blog/2006/08/14/excel-arithmetic-problem/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:09:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 http://aydin.net/blog/2006/08/14/excel-arithmetic-problem/#comment-48713 Sat, 05 May 2007 09:38:08 +0000 http://aydin.net/blog/2006/08/14/excel-arithmetic-problem/#comment-48713 Excel uses the IEEE 754 (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_754) which gives rounding problems because with this standard some decimals can not be stored exactly in a binary combination (but the IEEE 754 standard is still used because intell coprocessors can very easily and quick calculate with those numbers) Excel uses the IEEE 754 (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_754) which gives rounding problems because with this standard some decimals can not be stored exactly in a binary combination (but the IEEE 754 standard is still used because intell coprocessors can very easily and quick calculate with those numbers)

]]> http://aydin.net/blog/2006/08/14/excel-arithmetic-problem/#comment-3692 Thu, 17 Aug 2006 02:24:24 +0000 http://aydin.net/blog/2006/08/14/excel-arithmetic-problem/#comment-3692 I'm stumped, and I even duplicated it in Excel.. When there are more than nine numbers to the right of the decimal point, this error occurs. Otherwise the results are equal. Please enlighten me. I’m stumped, and I even duplicated it in Excel.. When there are more than nine numbers to the right of the decimal point, this error occurs. Otherwise the results are equal. Please enlighten me.

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