Adding problem in excel

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EggMan903

Can anyone tell me why when you enter this into a cell

=-187992-213510-828672.8-1025000+828672.8+213510+1025000+187992

The value comes out 2.32831E-10 when it should clearly be 0. I know I can
format the cell to show as 0 but why does it ever show as 2.32831E-10 when it
is impossible to have those numbers equal anything other then 0.


Thank you
 
Thank you for your response.

Unfortunately there are no formulas in the excel that I am referencing. I
just typed in those 8 numbers, added them up, and got that answer. You could
also type in
=-187992-213510-828672.8-1025000+828672.8+213510+1025000+187992 and you will
get the answer of 2.32831E-10. It is currently formated to general and I
know I can format it to number and it would show as 0 but why does it show as
that value to begin with.
 
I apologize T. Valko

After reading that article a little more in depth I can see the part about
Floating Point Numbers and that seems to be the problem I am having.

Thank you
 
You must have posted this before my last post went up. I realized the article
you sent me was very helpful. Thank you very much
 
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