Floor Division vs True Division

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Write a function divide_both(a, b) that returns a tuple (true_division_result, floor_division_result) for a / b and a // b respectively, demonstrating the difference between / (always float) and // (rounds toward negative infinity).

Examples

Example 1

Input

divide_both(7, 2)

Output

(3.5, 3)

Explanation

7 / 2 = 3.5 (float); 7 // 2 = 3 (int floor).

Example 2

Input

divide_both(-7, 2)

Output

(-3.5, -4)

Explanation

Floor division rounds toward negative infinity, not toward zero.

Constraints

b is never 0.

Topics

Operatorsarithmetic operators

Companies

AmazonTCS

Hints

Hint 1

`/` always returns a float in Python 3.

Hint 2

`//` floors toward negative infinity, which differs from truncation for negative numbers.

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