[Tutor] Cube root

Dave Angel d at davea.name
Sat Sep 15 23:36:32 CEST 2012


On 09/15/2012 05:28 PM, Amanda Colley wrote:
> Ok, I have to get input from a user  ('enter a number') and then get the
> cube root of that number.  I am having trouble with the code to get the
> cube root. If anyone can help me solve this I would greatly appreciate it.
> ('enter a number')
> n=number
> ???  cube root??
>
>

The operator to raise a number to a particular power is **, and it's not
constrained to integer powers.  So 5*2 is 25.  See what's next?

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DaveA



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