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* fp.texi (Double-Rounding Problems): Fix example.

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@ -834,9 +834,9 @@ results necessarily involve a @dfn{double rounding}: first to the
then to the 53-bit significand when the register contents are
stored to memory. Here is an example in decimal arithmetic where
such a double rounding results in the wrong answer: round
@code{1_234_999} from seven to five to four digits. The result is
@code{1_235_000}, whereas the correct representation to four
significant digits is @code{1_234_000}.
@code{1_234_999} from seven to five to three digits. The result is
@code{1_240_000}, whereas the correct representation to three
significant digits is @code{1_230_000}.
@cindex -ffloat-store
One way to reduce the use of the 80-bit format is to declare variables