Section 1 - Instruction
Let's begin exploring how Python handles information that's not a string or an integer.
Numbers can also have decimal points, like 3.14 or 9.99. In programming, these are treated differently from integers.
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Section 2 - Instruction
Numbers with a decimal point are called floating-point numbers, or simply floats. In Python code, this type is abbreviated as float.
Examples include 1.0, 3.14159, or -2.5.
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Section 3 - Instruction
You can store floating-point numbers in variables just like other types:
You can also perform standard math operations (+, -, *, /) with floats.
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Section 4 - Instruction
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