You Should Be Careful When Using the Equality Operator to Compare

question 26

True/False

You should be careful when using the equality operator to compare floating point values because of potential round-off errors.

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Definitions:

Pounds Per Square Inch

A unit of pressure represented as psi, indicating the amount of force exerted per square inch of area.

Inequality

A mathematical statement indicating that two expressions are not equal, using symbols such as <, >, ≤, or ≥.

Real Number Line

A line that graphically represents all real numbers, with points corresponding to the numbers' values.

Opposite

Referring to a number that, when added to the original number, results in zero, or a direction exactly 180 degrees away.