[New-bugs-announce] [issue31365] Multiplication issue with 16.1

[Julie]

New submission from Julie:

Multipy 16.1 by 100 or 1000 returns a result to 13 decimal places. See example - 

>>> 16.2*1000
16200.0
>>> 16.1*1000
16100.000000000002
>>> 16.1*100
1610.0000000000002
>>> 16.1*10
161.0
>>> 16.2*1000
16200.0

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assignee: terry.reedy
components: IDLE
messages: 301458
nosy: JULIE.MCMANUS, terry.reedy
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Multiplication issue with 16.1
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.3

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