Dividing integers...Convert to float first?

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I'm still pretty new to Python. I'm writing a function that accepts
thre integers as arguments. I need to divide the first integer by te
second integer, and get a float as a result. I don't want the caller of
the function to have to pass floats instead of integers. How do I
convert the arguments passed to the function into floats before I do
the division? Is this necessary, or is their a better way?

Thanks,

Scott Huey