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Question

What does ex (4/3) or (1/5) mean in computer math because i asked a question and i have no idea if that means multiply or divide or whatever. 10 points and a best answer for whoever answers the first!

Answer 1

4/3 means 4 divide by 3, which is 1.3333.... and 1/5 means 1 divide by 5, which is 0.2.

Answer 2

In words, 4/3 means "four divided by three"

Similarly for 1/5.

Answer 3

(4/3) means 4 divided by 3 or 1.333
(1/5) means 1 divided by 5 or .2

Answer 4

Are you sure that you don't REALLY mean:

exp (4/3) or exp (1/5), etc?

(You missed out typing the "p.")

Those would be instructions to exponentiate the following quantities, that is:

Perform the operation "e to the power 4/3," or "e to the power 1/5."

While exp (or EXP) is used in computer PROGRAMS, exponentiation is typed differently in computer text such as in YA! questions and answers.

Here they'd be writtten e^(4/3) or e^(1/5). (Those values are respectively ~ 3.793668... or 1.221403... .)

Live long and prosper.

Answer 5

Is it 'ex' or is it 'exp' ?
exp(4/3) would mean: take the value called 'e' (the base of natural logs) and raise it to the power (4/3).

exp(1) = 2.718281828459045235... = e
exp(4/3) = 3.7936679...
exp(1/5) = 1.2214028...

However, if it is "ex", then we'll need more context (like, where do you see this in computer math?)

Answer 6

4/3 means:
4
--
3
or 4 over 3 or 4 divided by 3
The slash indicates division just as the * indicates mutiplication and the ^ indicates exponentiation.

Answer 7

4/3 is equal to 1.33333, with the 3's never ending.

1/5 is equal to .20

They are fractions: 4th grade math.

Answer 8

4/3=1.1/3. 1/5 = 20%

Answer 9

Don't you think these look like fractions? Fraction a/b means a divided by b. Take it from there.