10th Edition

ISBN: 9781305253667

Author: Richard L. Burden, J. Douglas Faires, Annette M. Burden

Publisher: Cengage Learning

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Chapter 1.2, Problem 9ES

Repeat Exercise 7 using three-digit chopping arithmetic.

7. Use three-digit rounding arithmetic to perform the following calculations. Compute the absolute error and relative error with the exact value determined to at least five digits.

a. 13 14 − 6 7 2 e − 5.4
b. − 10 π + 6 e − 3 62
c. ( 2 9 ) ⋅ ( 9 7 )
d. 13 + 11 13 − 11

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