[New-bugs-announce] [issue45966] Error in Multiplication

[Mukesh]

New submission from Mukesh <mikebon007 at gmail.com>:

I've tried various methods to multiply some numbers but every time I get an unsatisfying result when I try to evaluate 48*1.2 or 41*1.2 or 51*1.4 etc. For example if I run

import math
NUM3 = eval(input("Your Input: "))
print(NUM3)

Output:
Your Input: 51*1.4
71.39999999999999

Now it should give me a straight 71.4 but instead it's giving 71.39999999999999

It's not an issue with the version of python that I'm using cause I've already tried it on various versions.

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components: Interpreter Core
messages: 407537
nosy: M1kE
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Error in Multiplication
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.9

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