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If Python 3 has obtained x=2.75 by rounding down to the nearest floating point value, what is the supremum (or maximum) size of the possible rounding error?   Note: the question is asking for the size of the error, not the value before rounding. Use the symbol " ^ " to express exponentiation.

If Python 3 has obtained x=2.75 by rounding down to the nearest floating point value, what is the supremum (or maximum) size of the possible rounding error?   Note: the question is asking for the size of the error, not the value before rounding. Use the symbol " ^ " to express exponentiation.

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If Python 3 has obtained x=2.75 by rounding down to the nearest floating point value, what is the supremum (or maximum) size of the possible rounding error?

 

Note: the question is asking for the size of the error, not the value before rounding. Use the symbol " ^ " to express exponentiation.

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