Why is print(4+8)/2)=6.0 and not just 6

Question

Please I need an explanation for this

Answer 1

Hi! because the division operation converts the type from an integer (int) to a floating point number (float)

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Answer 2

python automatically converts division results as floats. if you wanted the results to be 6 instead of 6.0 you could use the floor divison operator ((4+8)//2) or convert the result to an integer with int((4+8)/2). however, both of these will drop any remainders.

Answer 3

In python , '/' division operator always returns a float irrespective of whether the operands are int or float. If you need an int output, please use '//' (integer division) operator