print 0.5 * ((2**4)/(4)+(2**-2)/(-2)-(1/4)-(1/-2)) # fractions present! because of the 0.5? print 1 / 2 * ((2**4)/(4)+(2**-2)/(-2)-(1/4)-(1/-2)) # apparently, this appears to be the case print 1/2 print 1/2+1/2 print 0.5+0.25 print 1/3+1/3 print 4/2 print 0.5/2 # decimals are treated as floating-point numbers, the natural way in which numbers are stored on the computer # these numbers are written in scientific notation (hence decimals being treated as floats) # without a decimal point, regular division occurs; "/" results in truncation of all numbers that aren't whole # doesn't apply only to division either (theoretically); int results in int while float results in float # in order to not get a truncated number, do the following: print 1.0/2.0 #or print 1.0/2 #or print 1/2.0
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