Excel calculates wrong ????

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doug9238

I have had no luck figuring this out...

I have a list of 8 positive and negative numbers that 2 decimal place
each. The numbers sum to zero confirmed by a calculator, however exce
sums them to (2.55654899E12). I do not know why excel calculates the
with a small value left that is denoted by scientific notation.

I checked the value of each number to ensure that it did not includ
any extra decimals, and I even re-typed them.

I have had this happen with several other lists of numbers that are n
brainers to calculate, and excel added extra scientific notation to th
total.

I have no idea why this happens, and I am starting to lose confidenc
in excels formulas.

Any help would be appreciated.

Doug Micoliche
 
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