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~1 min read · Updated Nov 4, 2026

About the program

This program reads two numbers and passes them to a method.
The method computes the product and the quotient of the two numbers and returns their difference to the main program.
Finally, the main program prints the result.


Python code:

def compute_difference(a, b):
    product = a * b
    division = a / b if b != 0 else float('inf')
    difference = product - division
    return difference

# Run the program
num1 = float(input("Enter the first number: "))
num2 = float(input("Enter the second number: "))

result = compute_difference(num1, num2)
print(f"Difference between product and quotient: {result:.2f}")

Sample output (input: 6 and 2):

Difference between product and quotient: 9.00

How it works:

- Two numbers are read from the user
- Both numbers are passed to a method named compute_difference
- The method computes the product and the quotient
- It then returns the difference of these two values to the main program
- The main program prints the final value


Written & researched by Dr. Shahin Siami

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