python division outputs value 0.0000000002 away from correct value

Asked May 14 '20 at 21:06

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I was messing around in my interpreter and found python incorrectly dividing.

>>> a = 24842918
>>> a/2
12421459.0
>>> a/6
4140486.3333333335

(a/6 should be 4140486.3333333333)

Why is python returning an output that is incorrect and super close to the correct output?

asked May 14 '20 at 21:06

Eric Jin

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Floating point numbers are not infinitely precise. – Samwise May 14 '20 at 21:09
Does this answer your question? https://stackoverflow.com/questions/588004/is-floating-point-math-broken – Eric Jin May 14 '20 at 21:09
floats are hard – SuperStew May 14 '20 at 21:11

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