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emmettfunston
10,989 PointsNext, create a function named num_teachers that takes the same dictionary of teachers and classes. Return the total numb
I CANT FIGURE THIS OUT! GAHHHHHHHH!!!!
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Steven Parker
230,274 PointsIt helps to use the "Get Help" button from inside the course because it adds a link to the course for you. Otherwise you should add a link to the course/challenge yourself. It's also good to share the answer you were attempting.
But, this particular question has been frequently asked before, like here,
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here. It basically boils down to appying the len() function to the argument and returning the result. See the linked previous questions for more details.
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Yuan Gao
8,947 Pointsdef num_teachers(dict): num=0 for teacher in dict: num += 1 return num