maxima and converting output of variable to float <p>I can get maxima to solve an equation but can't figure out why it won't show it's numerical value without typing the extra command/step of <strong>float(%)</strong>. Is there away to automatically convert a solved variable to a numerical format.</p> <p>Example of equation below:</p> <pre><code>kill(all); alpha:float(.0014931); endfreq:50; dursec:1200; solve(alpha=log(startfreq/endfreq)/dursec,float(startfreq)); </code></pre> <p>what comes back is <strong>startfreq=50%e(44793/25000)</strong></p> <p>I would like it to say <strong>299.988</strong> instead </p>