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    5. In floating point arithmetic, $0.1 + 0.2$ evaluates to $0.30000000000000004$ due to rounding errors.

    In floating point arithmetic, $0.1 + 0.2$ evaluates to $0.30000000000000004$ due to rounding errors.

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    Updated: November 4, 2026

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