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This might be dumb... but I'm having problems raising e to a negative number and I can't figure out what is going on.

>>> math.exp(((-23*(23-1))/730))
0.36787944117144233
>>> math.exp(-506/730)
0.36787944117144233
>>> math.exp(-.69)
0.5015760690660556
>>> math.exp(-(506/730))
1.0

For some reason I keep getting different answers when they should all be the same...
(506/730 is about 0.69)
Does anyone know what's happening?

Thanks!

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Member Avatar for TrustyTony

Maybe you are using Python 2, where integer division 506/730 makes 0, when you do not want that but actually 506.0/730 float division?

Better to get used to write in beginning of your programs:

from __future__ import division

So you get what you expect and must use // for integer division instead of single /

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Another way is to add '.' behind the integer to make it a 'float'.

506/730

to

506./730
Member Avatar for dustbunny000

This might be dumb... but I'm having problems raising e to a negative number and I can't figure out what is going on.

>>> math.exp(((-23*(23-1))/730))
0.36787944117144233
>>> math.exp(-506/730)
0.36787944117144233
>>> math.exp(-.69)
0.5015760690660556
>>> math.exp(-(506/730))
1.0

For some reason I keep getting different answers when they should all be the same...
(506/730 is about 0.69)
Does anyone know what's happening?

Thanks!

Thank you so much! I didn't realize it was that sensitive.

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