Write Code Questions¶

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The code below is supposed to print an estimate of the square root of a number (target). You are given an initial guess of 2. However, the indention is wrong on 4 lines. Fix these errors to find the estimate.

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Create code to print an estimate of the square root of a number (target). You are given an initial guess of 2.

        target = 6
guess = 2
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guessSquared = guess * guess
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while abs(target-guessSquared) > 0.01:
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    closer = target / guess
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    guess = (guess + closer) / 2.0
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    guessSquared = guess * guess
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print("Square root of", target, "is", guess)

Rewrite the following code to use a while loop instead of a for loop to calcultae the value of the ten factorial.

Using the blocks below, create code to calculate the value of the ten factorial.

        product = 1
number = 1
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while number < 11:
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    product = product * number
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    product = number * number #paired
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    number = number + 1
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print(product)