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Forum: Probability

06-27-2005, 11:30 AM

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Got my calculator to lie

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Posted By BruceZ

Re: Got my calculator to lie

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Just lucky that the 32 digits carried in the Windows calculator happen to have been sufficient this time around. But it isn't that the Windows calculator is all that much smarter!

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Forum: Probability

06-27-2005, 11:08 AM

Replies: 18

Got my calculator to lie

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Posted By BruceZ

Re: Got my calculator to lie

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aside: the Python interpreter gives 37000018.952451177 (the same as Microsoft Excel)

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good old excel, never lets you down.

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Forum: Probability

06-21-2005, 03:21 PM

Replies: 18

Got my calculator to lie

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Posted By BruceZ

Re: Got my calculator to lie

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HP32SII: 37,000,037

Edit: Also, TI89: 37,000,023.310015

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37,000,037 is what you would get if did the 1 - first, and then replace the ^ with *. So you would have 1 /...

Forum: Probability

06-21-2005, 11:28 AM

Replies: 18

Got my calculator to lie

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Posted By BruceZ

Got my calculator to lie

I was under the impression that calculators are supposed to store enough hidden digits so that the digits on the display are accurate. My HP15C evaluates this:

1 / [1 - (1000000/1000001)^(1/37)]...

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