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please explain in brief about 9**0.5=3.0

how is this possible?

26th Aug 2016, 12:32 PM
Amandeep Singh
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4 Answers
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when you use power of 1/2 or 0,5 you actually mean taking a root. it's simple math.
26th Aug 2016, 12:55 PM
Oğuzhan Yılmaz
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here in python two asterisks means power so 9 power 1/2 ,0.5 means then. square root of 9 is 3 ,it is written in float 3.0
26th Aug 2016, 5:09 PM
MUDDA VENKATESWARA REDDY
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yeah 9**0.5 signifies square root of 9 but your code will generate an error as you can't assign values inside constants
3rd Sep 2016, 6:01 AM
rajkumar panda
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9**0.5 means 9**1/2 ie; the square root of 9 that is 3
13th Sep 2016, 4:46 AM
Abdul Azeez
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