Re: TIB: int() error in TI-83?
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Re: TIB: int() error in TI-83?
in other words the calc thinks that 3root(125)=4.9999999999 or
something similar.
int(4.9999999999)=4
---Jeanne9005@aol.com wrote:
>
>
> Because the calculator can only use an approximation of the 3root
125. Yes,
> we know that the 3rd root of 125 is 5, but the calculator can only
assume
> that. So therefore, when you ask for the integer, it will give you
the
> integer part of the assumption....
>
> Glen Solsberry
> In a message dated 10/20/98 5:08:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
ben@jbic.com
> writes:
>
> > I dunno, maybe I'm missing something here, I've only had the
calulator a
> > week or so, but why does:
> > 3root(125) return 5 but
> > int(3root(125)) return 4?
> > (3root = cube root operator)
> >
> > That seems like a fairly straight forward piece of math to me...
iPart does
> > the same. I can do:
> > 3root(125)->X
> > and X will return 5, but:
> > int(x)
> > returns 4!
> >
>
==
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