Why different values why enclosing this calculation in parentheses

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Moses Bunting

Cell A1 = '=COS(PI()/4)/TAN(PI()/4)' gives 0.7071...
Cell A2 = '=SIN(PI()/2)*SIN(PI()/4)' also gives 0.7071...

Cell A3 = '=A1-A2' gives 0.0000E00 but
Cell A4 = '=(A1-A2)' gives 2.2204E-16

The only difference between the formulas in A3 and A4 are the parentheses.
 

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