Not sure why my code for the product challenge isn't working

Question

I can't figure out why I keep getting a bummer answer for this one. Could someone please give me a hint?
```product.py
def product(5, cats):
    return 5 * cats
```

annecalija · Answer

Hi Amy,
When defining functions, arguments should be variables/placeholders instead of just plain value.
python
def product(arg_1, arg_2):

Reflect on: how will you be able to call the function if there's nowhere you can place it arguments?
If you want to have a default value, to an argument, you can do:
python
def product(cats, cat_food=5):

That way you can call it either:
```python
product(4,3)
12

or
python
product(4)
20
```
Hope this helps. :blush:

Damien Watson · Answer

Hi Amy, really close, you need to pass in two variables, not one and a number.
It should work if you tweak it to be like this:
python
def product(number_1, cats):
    return number_1 * cats

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Amy Talbott

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Not sure why my code for the product challenge isn't working

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annecalija

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