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From: "A. Sinan Unur" <asu1 AT cornell DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: sqrt() problem
Date: Sun, 08 Dec 1996 20:13:51 -0500
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Erik Max Francis wrote:
> 
> Murray Stokely wrote:
> 
> > r and m are integers (10 and 50), yet s keeps returning a huge
> > negative number (should be like 51 or something)
> 
> Quick quiz:  What is the square root of 100 - 2500?  I'll give you a hint:
> It ain't 51.
> 

(just for the record) there is no such thing as the square root of
100-2500.
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