> I mean there is only 1 digit after the decimal. It should not have the range
> problem with a value this small.

Because you're translating from a decimal representation to a binary one,
and back again. Consider a very simple case: 0.1. What sum of powers of two
equals 0.1? (Hint, it's an infinite series, and thus not representable in
any fixed number of binary digits.)


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