> >first begin with the smallest and then raise up to the highest.
> >
> >Am small example:
> >
> >rounding after 2nd decimal after point
> >
> >1.00E0 + 1.00E-1 = 1.01E0
> >
> >but if you do 100 times
> >
> >x:=1.00E0;
> >
> >x:=x+1.00E-5;
> >
> >you will have 1.00 as result, but the correct one is 2.00.
> >
> >So it`s a myth that higher precision will give a better result.
> 
> I think you just disproved yourself.  On the second example, rounding after 2
> decimal digits gives the wrong answer, but round after 10 digits and you get
> the correct answer, or very close to it.  So this shows how having more

FALSE ! If I have a precision of 10^(-n) and the number is 10^(-n-x) with x>0 
than you have the same problem.

You just have to extend my example ...

Bojan

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