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[–] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 73 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (12 children)

you can trucate it and it still only a slightly worse approximation:

987/123 = 8.024

98/12 = 8.167

9/1 = 9.000

The last one is pretty bad you should probably not use it

[–] somedev@aussie.zone 17 points 2 days ago (2 children)

For that last one, how bad are we talking? I need to know soon, I have some important banking software I need to develop.

[–] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 days ago

I wouldn't use it for precise calculations at NASA, but for banking stuff I think it would be fine :)

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 days ago

It depends on the scale of the thing you're using it for.

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