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Loss of Precision

The above means that \begin{equation} fl(a)/a=1+\epsilon_b\frac{b}{a}- \epsilon_c\frac{c}{a}, \tag{10} \end{equation}

and if b\approx c we see that there is a potential for an increased error in fl(a) .