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Aardwolf
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2^(40/1.5) is 106528681, just like I posted...
Which calculator are you using? Does it use a Pentium CPU with the famous division bug perhaps? :)
monopede
on Nov 21, 2012
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I was using the "bc" command line calculator. Turns out it's rounding the exponent. The revised number is correct, though.
Aardwolf
on Nov 27, 2012
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Note to self: never use the bc command line calculator.
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Which calculator are you using? Does it use a Pentium CPU with the famous division bug perhaps? :)