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Re: How to force numeric output

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• Subject: [mg115623] Re: How to force numeric output
• From: Bob Hanlon <hanlonr at cox.net>
• Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2011 05:56:18 -0500 (EST)

Mathematica is case - sensitive (as indicated by the color coding of your input)

y = 5; x = Floor[Sqrt[y + 1.0]]; x

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Bob Hanlon

---- KenR <ramsey2879 at msn.com> wrote: 

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I am new to Mathematica and cant seem to get it to give a numeric
answer to

 input    y = 5; x = floor[sqrt[y+1.0]]; x.

instead of a numeric it gives "out floor[sqrt[6.0]]"

what am I doing wrong?

I have Mathematica 8.0

Thankyou, Kenneth Ramsey