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Write a program that demonstrates the approximate nature of floating point values by perfo...

Write a program that demonstrates the approximate nature of floating point values by performing the following tasks:

• Use Scanner to read a floating-point value x.

• Compute 1.0 / x and store the result in y.

• Display x, y, and the product of x and y.

• Subtract 1 from the product of x and y and display the result.

Try your program with values of x that range from 2e-11 to 2e11. What can you conclude?

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