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Squareroot gives strange result - blevita - 09-20-2018 05:18 PM
Hi
I am relatively new to the Prime (about 6 months) but all in all i love this calculator.
But sometimes i discover some unexpected behaviours.
Today i found a new one which costs me many hours to get behind.
Please take a looks at the attached picture.
It looks (for me) that there is a bug in the way the prime interprets exponents?
The first result is the correct and the expected one.
But i thought that i can save some time by using the EEX key to define the exponent of a number.
Looks like this does not work if used inside a sqrt.
If someone know more about this behaviour i would be very happy to get more informations about it.
Thank you.
RE: Squareroot gives strange result - toml_12953 - 09-20-2018 05:50 PM
(09-20-2018 05:18 PM)blevita Wrote: Hi
I am relatively new to the Prime (about 6 months) but all in all i love this calculator.
But sometimes i discover some unexpected behaviours.
Today i found a new one which costs me many hours to get behind.
Please take a looks at the attached picture.
It looks (for me) that there is a bug in the way the prime interprets exponents?
The first result is the correct and the expected one.
But i thought that i can save some time by using the EEX key to define the exponent of a number.
Looks like this does not work if used inside a sqrt.
If someone know more about this behaviour i would be very happy to get more informations about it.
Thank you.
Do you have engineering mode selected? It looks like that to me.
Tom L
RE: Squareroot gives strange result - blevita - 09-20-2018 05:51 PM
(09-20-2018 05:50 PM)toml_12953 Wrote:(09-20-2018 05:18 PM)blevita Wrote: Thank you.
Do you have engineering mode selected? It looks like that to me.
Tom L
Yes, i have enabled the engineering format.
RE: Squareroot gives strange result - toml_12953 - 09-20-2018 05:54 PM
(09-20-2018 05:51 PM)blevita Wrote:(09-20-2018 05:50 PM)toml_12953 Wrote: Do you have engineering mode selected? It looks like that to me.
Tom L
Yes, i have enabled the engineering format.
Choose a different format, then, and your answer will be what you expect.
RE: Squareroot gives strange result - blevita - 09-20-2018 05:56 PM
I have changed back to standard number format.
Still the same behaviour.
RE: Squareroot gives strange result - CyberAngel - 09-20-2018 06:01 PM
(09-20-2018 05:18 PM)blevita Wrote: Hi
I am relatively new to the Prime (about 6 months) but all in all i love this calculator.
But sometimes i discover some unexpected behaviours.
Today i found a new one which costs me many hours to get behind.
Please take a looks at the attached picture.
It looks (for me) that there is a bug in the way the prime interprets exponents?
The first result is the correct and the expected one.
But i thought that i can save some time by using the EEX key to define the exponent of a number.
Looks like this does not work if used inside a sqrt.
If someone know more about this behaviour i would be very happy to get more informations about it.
Thank you.
They are all correct.
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RE: Squareroot gives strange result - blevita - 09-20-2018 06:02 PM
Ok i saw my mistake...
Im sorry for that.
1 * 10^-12 is not 10e-12
its 1e-12 obvious
Thanks.
RE: Squareroot gives strange result - CyberAngel - 09-20-2018 06:06 PM
(09-20-2018 06:02 PM)blevita Wrote: Ok i saw my mistake...
Im sorry for that.
1 * 10^-12 is not 10e-12
its 1e-12 obvious
Thanks.
Note that I didn't give you any hint.
Just a claim.
You found the correction all by yourself.
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