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Old November 12th, 2009, 10:53 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.misc
Dave Peterson
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Default Something is not right

Excel only keeps track of 15 significant digits.



fruitchunk wrote:

I was told that 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
However when I run in excel =111111111*111111111 I get 12345678987654300
Something is not right, it should definitely end with a 1.


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