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diff --git a/numpy/testing/utils.py b/numpy/testing/utils.py
index 3e1a528ec..33f338bcc 100644
--- a/numpy/testing/utils.py
+++ b/numpy/testing/utils.py
@@ -474,11 +474,14 @@ def assert_approx_equal(actual,desired,significant=7,err_msg='',verbose=True):
"""
import math
+ from numpy.core import abs
actual, desired = map(float, (actual, desired))
if desired==actual:
return
# Normalized the numbers to be in range (-10.0,10.0)
- scale = float(pow(10,math.floor(math.log10(0.5*(abs(desired)+abs(actual))))))
+ # scale = float(pow(10,math.floor(math.log10(0.5*(abs(desired)+abs(actual))))))
+ scale = 0.5*(abs(desired) + abs(actual))
+ scale = math.pow(10,math.floor(math.log10(scale)))
try:
sc_desired = desired/scale
except ZeroDivisionError: