Is WolframAlpha computing this radical correctly?

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Is WolframAlpha computing this radical correctly?

$$\sqrt{\frac{1}{1 + {10}^{-375}}}$$

When I double-check again, the inequality:

$$\sqrt{\frac{1}{1 + {10}^{-x}}} > 1$$

leads to a contradiction:

$$\sqrt{{10}^x} > \sqrt{{10}^x + 1}.$$

Is there something wrong with WolframAlpha's numerical approximation of the first radical above?

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Keep hitting the "More digits" button. Eventually, the approximation gets accurate enough that it shows itself to be below 1.

What you're running in to here is the fact that $10^{-375}$ is very very close to 0, so that the fraction is very close to 1.