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Programming with Python for Social Science
Phillip Brooker

4. 2. 1. MATHEMATICAL OPERATIONS AND COMPARING THINGS
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#Even if we don't want to do quantitative work with Python, we still need
#to know about common mathematical operations - you will see examples of
#how and why in later sections. But for now, it's worth familiarising
#ourself with these common operations.

"""
+ is add
- is subtract
* is multiply
/ is divide
** is 'to the power of'
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#So now, why not try out a few of these in the shell.