An insurance company merges policy data from two systems. One system stores coverage amounts as decimals, while the other defines them as integers. The final dataset has errors due to conflicting data definitions. Which approach addresses the mismatch?
Convert the decimal values to integers
Supply a substitute coverage amount wherever decimals appear
Applying the same numeric type and decimal precision in both datasets ensures coverage values are stored accurately. Converting integers to decimals will not lose any values, while converting the decimals to integers would result in the decimal points being lost.
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