Question

The following code should take a number as input, multiply it by 8, and print the result. In line 2 of the code below, the * symbol represents multiplication. Fix the errors so that the code works correctly: input ("Enter a number: ") print (num * 8) The code above is pre-populated in your code editor. Hint: Remember that to think about the data type that the user will input. How can you make sure that their input is entered as a number?

Answer 1

Answer:

num = int(input("enter a number:"))

print(num * 8)

Explanation:

num is just a variable could be named anything you want.

if code was like this num = input("enter a number:")

and do a print(num * 8)

we get an error because whatever the user puts in input comes out a string.

we cast int() around our input() function to convert from string to integer.

therefore: num = int(input("enter a number:"))

will allow us to do  print(num * 8)