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edit approved Feb 2, 2012 at 4:30
SamB
edit approved Feb 2, 2012 at 4:30
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Calculate the results with doubles. They have 15 significant digits. Your rquirementrequirement has a hard upperboundupper bound on c of 10^8 - itc of 108 — it can have at most 8 digits. Hence, the result will be precise if it's in range, and it will not overflow otherwise.

Calculate the results with doubles. They have 15 significant digits. Your rquirement has a hard upperbound on c of 10^8 - it can have at most 8 digits. Hence, the result will be precise if it's in range, and it will not overflow otherwise.

Calculate the results with doubles. They have 15 significant digits. Your requirement has a hard upper bound on c of 108 — it can have at most 8 digits. Hence, the result will be precise if it's in range, and it will not overflow otherwise.

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Calculate the results with doubles. They have 15 significant digits. Your rquirement has a hard upperbound on c of 10^8 - it can have at most 8 digits. Hence, the result will be precise if it's in range, and it will not overflow otherwise.