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I’m trying to do some c++ programming and the following line gives me a “Floating point exception” at runtime:
realAnswer=(0-720+5*1440)/((775-720)/(750-720))+720;
What could be causing the problem? (realAnswer is a double)
Edit: added the slash
Apart from the missing * that Petar has pointed out, your calculation uses only integers while you wish to get a double. The answer you are getting now is rounded down (723).
The following will get you the double precision I assume you are looking for. I have tested this by compiling and running it:
This gives 723.927 as a result.