15.12: Exercises
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Exercise \(\PageIndex{1}\)
Assume that we execute the following assignment statements:
width = 17 height = 12.0 delimiter = '.'
For each of the following expressions, write the value of the expression and the type (of the value of the expression).
- width/2
- width/2.0
- height/3
- 1 + 2 * 5
- delimiter * 5
Use the Python interpreter to check your answers.
Exercise \(\PageIndex{2}\)
Practice using the Python interpreter as a calculator:
- The volume of a sphere with radius r is 4/3 π r3. What is the volume of a sphere with radius 5? Hint: 392.7 is wrong!
- Suppose the cover price of a book is $24.95, but bookstores get a 40% discount. Shipping costs $3 for the first copy and 75 cents for each additional copy. What is the total wholesale cost for 60 copies?
- If I leave my house at 6:52 am and run 1 mile at an easy pace (8:15 per mile), then 3 miles at tempo (7:12 per mile) and 1 mile at easy pace again, what time do I get home for breakfast?