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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+import requests
+from urllib import quote_plus
+import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
+
+appid = 'U6E8UV-AP3QJAT6RK'
+
+def get_plaintext_query(latex):    
+    r = requests.get('http://api.wolframalpha.com/v2/query?input=%s&appid=%s' % (quote_plus(latex), appid))
+    root = ET.fromstring(r.text.encode('utf8'))
+
+    for pod in root:
+        if pod.attrib.get('title', '') in ['Decimal approximation', 'Definite integral']:
+            subpod = pod.find('subpod')
+            result = subpod.find('plaintext').text
+
+            if pod.attrib.get('title', '') == 'Definite integral':
+                return result.split('~~')[1]
+            else:
+                return result
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    from sys import stdin
+    print get_plaintext_query(stdin.read())