How to put square root numbers into Matlab?

How do I put: 7 sqrt(2)/2 so that it equals 4.9497?

Answer 1

[Aparajith Raghuvir]

Hello Ryan,

There are 2 ways to go about it. One possible way is:

7 * sqrt(2) / 2

Another possible and more general way to compute any x to the power of y is

7 * 2^0.5 / 2

Hope this helps.

Thanks,

Aparajith

[Ryan]

Great, thank you!