Re: sin 4(pi)=-2e-13 and not 0?

Re: sin 4(pi)=-2e-13 and not 0?

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• Subject: Re: sin 4(pi)=-2e-13 and not 0?
• From: Chi Shen <cheeza@JUNO.COM>
• Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 15:02:33 EST
• References: <199612100756.AA30521@post.tandem.com>
• Reply-To: Chi Shen <cheeza@JUNO.COM>

If you look at that number, you would see that it is very small... like
-0.0000000000002.
It's just that the TI couldn't quite figure out that that's supposed to
be zero...

Chi Shen
cheesebag@geocities.com


On Tue, 10 Dec 1996 07:55:00 -0800 Roland Kretschmann
<KRETSCHMANN_ROLAND@TANDEM.COM> writes:
>My scientific calculator's result is zero and my TI-85 is -2e-13.
>Can someone tell me why and how I to rectify it?
>
>Thanks,  Rolando
>

• Re: sin 4(pi)=-2e-13 and not 0?
• From: Benjamin D Kohler-Crowe <benkc@JUNO.COM>

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