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Gabriel Ogbonnaya
1,701 Pointsfloat
What is wrong with my code?
def add(gain,mike):
return(float(gain + mike))
1 Answer
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Steven Parker
239,462 PointsAs shown in austin's example, each argument must be converted separately.
austin bakker
7,105 Pointsaustin bakker
7,105 Pointsyou needed to convert it to float as stated in the question.