[Tutor] Hoping for a brief explanation!

[Joel Goldstick]

On Tue, Aug 16, 2022 at 7:52 AM C S <sasalito at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thank you!
>
> >>> print(10>9.999999999999999)
> True
> >>> print(10>9.9999999999999999)
> False

You should read about how floating point arithmetic works.
Here is some food for thought
>>> print(10-9.9999999999999999)
0.0
>>> print(10-9.999999999999999)
1.7763568394002505e-15
>>>
>>> print(9.9999999999999999)
10.0
>>> print(9.999999999999999)
9.999999999999998
>>>



> Python on windows 3.10 64bit.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Thanks!
>
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> Cesar Salas
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Joel Goldstick