Need help (Basic python)...what did I do wrong?

[Fredrik Lundh]

frankie_85 wrote:

> Hmmm....after more trials and errors, I think what I did wrong is along
> on these lines:
> 
> a_1 = math.sqrt(math.fabs(a)) + 5((math.pow(a,3)))
> b_2 = math.sqrt(math.fabs(b)) + 5((math.pow(b,3)))
> c_3 = math.sqrt(math.fabs(c)) + 5((math.pow(c,3)))
> d_4 = math.sqrt(math.fabs(d)) + 5((math.pow(d,3)))
> e_5 = math.sqrt(math.fabs(e)) + 5((math.pow(e,3)))
> 
> but I still don't understand though why the variable a, b, c, d, e
> becomes an int type even though I have already specified the user input
> to be floating point?

hint: besides the variables, what other values are involved in your 
calculations?  do you see any integers among them?

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