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Python Python Basics (2015) Python Data Types Age Calculation

Julie Egan
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Julie Egan
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task 1 is no longer passing in age.py

can't figured it out why :(

age.py
years x 365
Julie Egan
Julie Egan
Courses Plus Student 703 Points

it went the wrong code, my first time posting sorry, but when I assign years = 39 I pass the first task then on the next one says task 1 no longer passing :(

1 Answer

Chris Howell
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Chris Howell
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Hi Juliana Egan

So when you are doing math, you will have to use the Python operators built in to the language to do math operations. I realize when you do math on paper you could use x to represent multiplication, but Python looks at x like its just another variable. To do multiplication in Python you would use the asterisk(*)

EXAMPLE

So if i wanted to multiply 20x20 and store it in a variable called twenties:

twenties = 20 * 20

You can look up others in Python Docs for Operations