this is the original question: Write a function showAreaOfCircle which, given the radius of a circle, calculates the area of the circle, showAreaOfCircle 12.3 ⇒ "The area of a circle with radius 12.3cm is about 475.2915525615999 cm^2" Use the show function, as well as the predefined value pi :: Floating a => a to write showAreaOfCircle. the type signature works for this function is: showAreaOfCircle :: (Show a, Floating a) => a -> a -> String my question is : I don't quite understand the syntax behind the parenthesis and the type class Floating a. Since pi is not a function, and hence the entire function only takes one argument which belongs to the type class Show, why should i put a Floating a in the type signature in the first place?(i come up with this type signature because of the error message and the suggestion stated above) Thanks