# Odd result with negative exponents of 10 in Julia 1.5.2

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**Created:** [October 19, 2020, 4:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/odd-result-with-negative-exponents-of-10-in-julia-1-5-2/48640 "2020-10-19T16:25:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![rdeits](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/rdeits/32/286_2.png) [@rdeits](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rdeits)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 6:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/odd-result-with-negative-exponents-of-10-in-julia-1-5-2/48640/5 "2020-10-19T18:05:16Z")

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For lots more detail, see: [PSA: floating-point arithmetic](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/psa-floating-point-arithmetic/8678)

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