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From: Giovanni Ridolfi <giovanni.ridolfi@yahoo.it>
Subject: Re: CLOCKTABLE multiply time expended by hourly rate?
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:47:04 +0200
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Jonathan Leech-Pepin <jonathan.leechpepin@gmail.com> writes:

>> >>
>> >> | Argo Status Hearing <2011-06-28 Tue 09:00> |   |   | 1:15 |  62.25 |
>> >> | Letter of Discovery Deficiencies           |   |   | 2:48 | 139.44 |
>> >> #+TBLFM: $5=$4*0.83;Df2

> Or if you want to preserve your rounding until the last point in your
> calculations:
>
> | Test 1 |   |   | 1:15 |  62.50 |  76 |
> | Test 2 |   |   | 2:48 | 140.00 | 169 |
> #+TBLFM: $5=$4*(50/60.0);Df2::$6=$4+1
>
> Since 50/60 is 0.8333... by rounding it prematurely you lose some of the
> precision in your billing.

yes, you're right.

Thanks for pointing it out, Jonathan

Giovanni