Based on your answers to 3.14.1. and 3.14.2, does (A × B) + (A × C) = A × (B + C)?

The Associative law is not the only one that does not always hold in dealing with floating point numbers. There are other oddities that occur as well. The following table shows sets of decimal numbers.

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a. b. A 1.666015625 x 10⁰ 3.48 x 102 В 1.9760 x 104 6.34765625 x 10-² с -1.9744 x 104 -4.052734375 x 10-²