hey! not to sound stupid but how do i use idle to calculate:

23.0 to the 5th power
Positive root of the following equation:
34*x^2 + 68*x - 510
Recall:
a*x^2 + b*x + c
x1 = ( - b + sqrt ( b*b - 4*a*c ) ) / ( 2*a)

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hey! not to sound stupid but how do i use idle to calculate:

23.0 to the 5th power
Positive root of the following equation:
34*x^2 + 68*x - 510
Recall:
a*x^2 + b*x + c
x1 = ( - b + sqrt ( b*b - 4*a*c ) ) / ( 2*a)

anonymous · Answer

http://docs.python.org/library/stdtypes.html#numeric-types-int-float-long-complex http://dpaste.com/775678/

anonymous · Answer

http://docs.python.org/library/stdtypes.html#numeric-types-int-float-long-complex http://dpaste.com/775681/

anonymous · Answer

23.0 ** 5