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#Bin Fractions

    28-Jan-94 22:04:58
Sb: #39128-#Bin Fractions
Fm: Jim Butterfield 73624,14
To: New member 73016,27
Binary fractions? Same method, generally, as when you're doing it in decimal. That is, keep on with the calculation and don&t stop at the decimal point. Keep in mind that 1/10 is a repeating fraction in binary, so you may need to pay careful attention to rounding If you're comfortable with multi-word arithmetic, binary fractions are just more of the same. But it still may take some time to get used to the idea that hexadecimal 0.36DB6DB6DB… is 1/5! –Jim