Strange rounding problem

[Erik Max Francis]

Jp Calderone wrote:

>   15 is the next best base after 10, and 30 after that.  Of course, no
> base
> can exactly represent any fraction, and this doesn't even take into
> consideration bases which are, themselves, fractional ;)

The traditional "next best" base after 10 will be 12.  That's why our
clocks divide time into 12-hour chunks (well, two of them, so it's 24),
etc.  Next after that is 60, for equally obvious reasons.

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