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For extrem values of 2.
For those confused
2.25+2.25=4.5 rounds to 2+2=5
2.5+2.5=5 truncates to 2+2=5
Both can crop up in programming, depending on the situation.
A few months back I had a floating point that had a single 1 like 16 digits past the decimal place and I couldn't get rid of it.