Re: How to force numeric output
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- Subject: [mg115617] Re: How to force numeric output
- From: KenR <ramsey2879 at msn.com>
- Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2011 05:55:08 -0500 (EST)
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On Jan 15, 4:45 am, KenR <ramsey2... at msn.com> wrote:
> 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
I was looking at past posts and came upon a similar situation. Thanks
to those who e-mail me I am aware that the functions Floor and Sqrt
must be capitalized. It still apparently will not work because
Mathematica does not know whether a positive or negative answer is
desired.
A similar situation was posted below where the sqrt of meter^2 etc was
desired. A reader responded to write the code "Assuming[
{Positive[Meter], Positive[Second]},
Refine[(Sqrt[Meter^2/Second^2] Second)/Meter^2]
How would I invoke a similar solution to my case?