🔒 multiplying and ending up with 2 decimal figures

[ripe tendon]

hello. How do I get it to calculate the area with exactly 2 decimal figures. eg. 10.0 x 20.0 = 200.00. what am i doing wrong with the {area:.2f}. thanks

[gusty coyote]

@ripe tendon

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[last cave]

The {area....} is correct but it should be inside the f string.

[ripe tendon]

def get_and_print_rect():
"""asks for the user to input a rectangle's width and height"""
width = (float(input("Width of rectangle? ")))
height = (float(input("Height of rectangle? ")))
area = (width * height)
print(f"The rectangle area is:, {area:.2f}")

get_and_print_rect()

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[ripe tendon]

oh god. dumb mistake my bad

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[cosmic plank]

You should get rid of all the extra ()

[gusty coyote]

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