Significant digits in a float?

[alister]

On Tue, 29 Apr 2014 15:42:25 -0700, emile wrote:

> On 04/29/2014 01:16 PM, Adam Funk wrote:
> 
>> "A man pitches his tent, walks 1 km south, walks 1 km east, kills a
>> bear, & walks 1 km north, where he's back at his tent.  What color is
>> the bear?"  ;-)
> 
>  From how many locations on Earth can someone walk one mile south, one
> mile east, and one mile north and end up at their starting point?
> 
> Emile

there are an infinite number of locations where this can happen (although 
only one where you will find a bear.)



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