bussiness python

[MRAB]

On 2017-09-06 01:40, timetowalk wrote:
> On Tuesday, September 5, 2017 at 8:28:00 PM UTC-4, MRAB wrote:
>> On 2017-09-05 22:21, jessicayates59 at gmail.com wrote:
>> > Here's a code that I have, i'm getting an error in line 5 and i'm not sure why,
>> > 
>> > 
>> > # future value of annuity
>> > p = 1000
>> > r = 2/100
>> > n = 5
>> > FV= p * ((1+r) ** n - 1/r)
>> > print(FV)
>> > 
>> [snip]
>> 
>> > the output is supposed to be
>> >   5204.0401600000005
>> [snip]
>> 
>> Your formula is wrong. The second closing parenthesis is in the wrong place.
>> 
>> That line should be:
>> 
>> FV = p * ((1 + r) ** n - 1) / r
> 
> 
> 
> For line #3, r = 2/100 is zero.
> For line #5, 1/r will cause an exception
> 
The error wasn't specified.

The print lines have parentheses, which is suggestive of Python 3. If it 
was Python 2, those lines probably wouldn't have the parentheses.