Computer Science: An Overview: Global Edition (12th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 1292061162
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Chapter 5 - Algorithms - Chapter Review Problems - Page 265: 29

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The count variable is initialized by 0.1 and 0.1 is being added after each iteration of loop, so it is expected that it will eventually become 1 which is the termination condition of the loop. But due to inaccuracies in floating point condition there is high chance that count will never become exactly 1 and the loop will never terminate.
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