Getting decimals from python math function?
<p>I'm a bit new to python and can't seem to figure out what I'm doing wrong.</p>

<pre><code>a = 9
b = 13
print ((a-b)/a)
-1
</code></pre>

<p>But on my calculator, the correct answer is -0.444444444 (meaning 'a' is about 45% lower than 'b').
How can I get a few decimals to show up?</p>

<p>I tried </p>

<pre><code>print Decimal((a-b)/a)
print float((a-b)/a)
</code></pre>

<p>both with the same result.  it works if I make a = 9.0 but I wanted to see if there was anything I can do without changing the variables. </p>

<p>I'm sure this is super easy but I'm not sure what to try. Any suggestions?</p>

<p>Thanks</p>
