[Tutor] Cube root

Joel Goldstick joel.goldstick at gmail.com
Sun Sep 16 00:24:21 CEST 2012


On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 5:36 PM, Dave Angel <d at davea.name> wrote:
> On 09/15/2012 05:28 PM, Amanda Colley wrote:
>> Ok, I have to get input from a user  ('enter a number') and then get the
>> cube root of that number.  I am having trouble with the code to get the
>> cube root. If anyone can help me solve this I would greatly appreciate it.
>> ('enter a number')
>> n=number
>> ???  cube root??
>>
>>
>
> The operator to raise a number to a particular power is **, and it's not
> constrained to integer powers.  So 5*2 is 25.  See what's next?
>
This is a great place to ask questions.  But don't forget google (or bing)

try googling python cube root

see how you do and come back with your code!
-- 
Joel Goldstick


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