How can you multiply decimal values without using a multiplication or division operator?
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I figured out a problem challenging me to write code to do this with integers, but I was wondering how I would have done it if it had been decimals and I couldn't figure it out.
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I figured out a problem challenging me to write code to do this with integers, but I was wondering how I would have done it if it had been decimals and I couldn't figure it out.
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asked Dec 18 '18 at 22:20
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Finite representations? Like $.123$ but not $.bar{3}$? Because you can "remove the decimal point" which needn't be exactly the same as multiplication on a programming level and then use whatever system you have to multiply these new integers and then put the decimal point back...
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I figured out a problem challenging me to write code to do this with integers, but I was wondering how I would have done it if it had been decimals and I couldn't figure it out.
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asked Dec 18 '18 at 22:20
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3561519
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I figured out a problem challenging me to write code to do this with integers, but I was wondering how I would have done it if it had been decimals and I couldn't figure it out.
arithmetic
arithmetic
asked Dec 18 '18 at 22:20
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3561519
asked Dec 18 '18 at 22:20
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3561519
asked Dec 18 '18 at 22:20
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3561519
asked Dec 18 '18 at 22:20
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3561519
asked Dec 18 '18 at 22:20
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3561519
3561519
$begingroup$
Finite representations? Like $.123$ but not $.bar{3}$? Because you can "remove the decimal point" which needn't be exactly the same as multiplication on a programming level and then use whatever system you have to multiply these new integers and then put the decimal point back...
$endgroup$
– Mason
Dec 18 '18 at 22:34
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$begingroup$
Finite representations? Like $.123$ but not $.bar{3}$? Because you can "remove the decimal point" which needn't be exactly the same as multiplication on a programming level and then use whatever system you have to multiply these new integers and then put the decimal point back...
$endgroup$
– Mason
Dec 18 '18 at 22:34
$begingroup$
Finite representations? Like $.123$ but not $.bar{3}$? Because you can "remove the decimal point" which needn't be exactly the same as multiplication on a programming level and then use whatever system you have to multiply these new integers and then put the decimal point back...
$endgroup$
– Mason
Dec 18 '18 at 22:34
$begingroup$
Finite representations? Like $.123$ but not $.bar{3}$? Because you can "remove the decimal point" which needn't be exactly the same as multiplication on a programming level and then use whatever system you have to multiply these new integers and then put the decimal point back...
$endgroup$
– Mason
Dec 18 '18 at 22:34
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Finite representations? Like $.123$ but not $.bar{3}$? Because you can "remove the decimal point" which needn't be exactly the same as multiplication on a programming level and then use whatever system you have to multiply these new integers and then put the decimal point back...
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– Mason
Dec 18 '18 at 22:34