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I built the Rhettilator, a web calculator that performs arithmetic in base 360 using exact rational fractions—no floating-point rounding errors, ever.Base 360 (2⁵ × 3² × 5 × 7) is divisible by all integers from 1 to 12, so common fractions like 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, 1/6, 1/7, 1/8, 1/9, 1/10, 1/11, and 1/12 all terminate cleanly with no repeating digits.This contrasts sharply with base 10 (where 1/3 repeats) and binary floating-point (where even 0.1 is approximate). It’s a playful yet serious exploration of how a more highly composite base could make certain computations inherently more precise.Try dividing 1 by 7 or 1 by 11 — the results are exact and finite.Link: https://the-rhettilator-9352543e.base44.app/Feedback<...

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