Re: Not getting numeric answer to simple division
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg56627] Re: Not getting numeric answer to simple division
- From: "Dan" <dantopa at gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 01:28:27 -0400 (EDT)
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- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Hi Paul: I am a little bit unsure of what is going on, but I will start by suggesting that you use the numeric operator N. Consider the fraction 3/7. There are two forms for the numeric operator. Prefix N[] displaying 50 digits: N[3/7,50] Postfix //N: 3/7//N Good luck Dan