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Windows calculator giving an incorrect answer?

I've stumbled upon a strange error while attempting to calculate variance using the windows calculator for homework.

I don't think this is about order of operations like a lot of older posts talk about, this genuinely just looks like the calculator is somehow making a mistake. I've tried changing where I place the brackets, doing the equation step by step instead of all at once etc, but it just seems to come up with the wrong answer. It's also strangely close to the correct answer, so I know it's not an input issue as it would be wildly different.

I tested it against my phone calculator, google's calculator, and my physical calculator. All of them - and the answer to my homework - disagree with windows, so I refuse to believe it's correct.

I don't think the image attachment is working for this post, so I'll attach an external gallery with 6 images: https://postimg.cc/gallery/j5WwjBr

My calculator app is version 11.2041.0.0

My windows version is Windows 10 Home, 22H2, OS build 19045.4291

Any explanation or help would be greatly appreciated!

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Hi Travis Hearn,

 

Welcome to Microsoft Community.

The device seems to be experiencing computing logic or application anomalies related to computing behavior.

The behavior of the calculator can be related to a variety of factors such as, but not limited to, application cache, application version, and system component anomalies or not.

We performed tests in different versions of the Caculator application (Caculator 10.2103.8.0 and Caculator 11.2307.4.0) and observed the same number “20.XXX” during the flow of the test, but ended up with the same result as in several other applications.

  • After we typed the calculation and before clicking on “=”, the number resulted in “20.XXX”, the same information as in your picture, the number is actually the result of squaring (32/7).

  • After we click on “=”, the whole process is completed and the result is “21.XXX”.

If I misunderstand your situation, feel free to correct me and share the information.

Best Regards,

 

Kyo.Y - MSFT | Microsoft Community Technical Support

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Last updated May 20, 2024 Views 24 Applies to: