From: tmoran@acm.org
Subject: Re: interest computing problem
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 05:18:28 GMT
Date: 2003-09-17T05:18:28+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E8S9b.275464$2x.77127@rwcrnsc52.ops.asp.att.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: vmfmf3s9h40652@corp.supernews.com
>Your ending balance will be 1.00022E+03
If you use Long_Float instead of Float you will get
1.02014488268319E+03
Raising to the 365th, rather than 364th (7*52=364) power gives
1.02020078103290
which matches within rounding error what your banker friend says.
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2003-09-16 15:27 interest computing problem Andrew
2003-09-16 15:54 ` Ludovic Brenta
2003-09-16 17:21 ` tmoran
2003-09-17 4:26 ` Andrew
2003-09-16 21:52 ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-09-17 3:48 ` Andrew
2003-09-17 4:28 ` Andrew
2003-09-17 5:18 ` tmoran [this message]
2003-09-17 7:47 ` Andrew
2003-09-17 16:05 ` Andrew
2003-09-17 16:32 ` Martin Dowie
2003-09-17 16:36 ` Stupid! -was- " Andrew
2003-09-17 17:00 ` Stephane Richard
2003-09-17 17:15 ` Andrew
2003-09-19 4:07 ` Leon Winslow
2003-09-21 22:55 ` Andrew
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2003-09-22 0:44 Robert I. Eachus
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