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carolina santacruz
1,530 PointsI tried this exercise many times and still can't get through, how can I make admitted to true if I can't have a then?
when age>=13 make an if statement that sets admitted to true, admitted has been assigned a value of none... admitted=None just like that,
admitted = None
if age<13
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Steven Parker
230,688 PointsA variable can be re-assigned at any time. The fact that it was initially assigned to a certain value does not prevent you from giving it a different value.