plenderj, if your point were correct, and it is not, then this thread would never have started in the first place. It started because, as I continue to repeat, decimal fractions do not always store exactly in binary. If they did, and your point were correct, then the problem that started this thread would never have occurred. I have explained why and rather than look at my explanation in the detail it apparently requires, you just keep saying that it isn't true. Math is math, and if you do the math, you'll see that I have given a correct expanation.