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Line 4: {{Expand\|date=June 2007}} == Basic ~~Rationale~~rationale == Decimal ~~Floating~~floating ~~Point~~point ~~Arithmetic~~arithmetic refers to both a representation and operations on ~~Decimal~~decimal ~~Floating~~floating ~~Point~~point numbers. The key is preserving base 10 exponents wherever possible. The conversion to binary exponents can lead to repeat rounding errors and is therefore unsuitable for precision mathematics.

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