Re: Significant digits

Subject: Re: Significant digits
From: mike w <techmail_mike -at- yahoo -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 12:07:44 -0800 (PST)

I'd be inclined to side with you. The zeroes do more
than act as place holders.

--- John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:
> Hi, guys...I've go a developer that is insisting
> that the following
> statement is accurate:
>
> "All conversion rates are processed and displayed to
> six significant
> digits. E.g. 12.3456 or 123.456 or 0.00123456."
>
> My contention is that the last number is displayed
> to eight
> significant digits and that six digits would be
> 0.001234.
>
> Who is right?
>


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