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Python Python Basics (2015) Python Data Types Age Calculation

casey bova
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casey bova
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having trouble with challenge task 3 of 3 in python basic

I am having trouble with line 3 weeks with adding days but dividing by 7 says week needs to be float

age.py 
years = 29
days = 365 * 29
weeks = 365 * 29 % 7

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

You don't need to repeat the formula you used to create the "days" variable, you can just use the name "days" to represent that value.

But the main issue is that the "%" symbol is the remainder (or "modulus") operator.. The division operator is "/".