The following program does not do what the programmer intended it to do:

Question

num1 = input("Input a number: ")
num2 = input("Input a second number: ")
plus = num1 + num2
print("The sum of your numbers is", plus)

Which answer choice explains the issue and how to fix it? (Hint, try running the code in PythonAnywhere)

(1 point)
Responses

The inputs are strings. If num1 = "3" and num2 = "7", the strings are concatenated so plus = "37". In this case, the output is "The sum of your numbers is 37". To fix, you need to convert num1 and num2 to integers. One way would be to wrap the input statements. Line 1 & 2 would read the following:

num1 = int(input("Input a number: "))

num2 = int(input("Input a second number: "))

The inputs are strings. If num1 = "3" and num2 = "7", the strings are concatenated so plus = "37". In this case, the output is "The sum of your numbers is 37". To fix, you need to convert num1 and num2 to integers. One way would be to wrap the input statements. Line 1 & 2 would read the following: num1 = int(input("Input a number: ")) num2 = int(input("Input a second number: "))

Since plus is the written version of "+", it is considered a Python keyword and cannot be used as a variable name. To fix, line 3 should have a different variable name, such as the following:

num3 = num1 + num2

Since plus is the written version of "+", it is considered a Python keyword and cannot be used as a variable name. To fix, line 3 should have a different variable name, such as the following: num3 = num1 + num2

The result will push the sum of the numbers together with "is", so if num1 = 3 and num2 = 7, the output will read "The sum of your numbers is10". To fix, add a space between the s and ". Line 4 will read the following:

print("The sum of your numbers is ", plus)

The result will push the sum of the numbers together with "is", so if num1 = 3 and num2 = 7, the output will read "The sum of your numbers is10". To fix, add a space between the s and ". Line 4 will read the following: print("The sum of your numbers is ", plus)

Print statements cannot contain multiple objects. Therefore, line 4 will throw an error. To fix, line 4 should read the following:

print("The sum of your numbers is"), print(plus)

Answer 1

The correct answer choice that explains the issue and how to fix it is:

The inputs are strings. If num1 = "3" and num2 = "7", the strings are concatenated so plus = "37". In this case, the output is "The sum of your numbers is 37". To fix, you need to convert num1 and num2 to integers. One way would be to wrap the input statements. Line 1 & 2 would read the following:

num1 = int(input("Input a number: "))
num2 = int(input("Input a second number: "))

Explanation

The issue arises because the input() function in Python returns a string, and when you use the + operator on strings, it concatenates them instead of adding their numeric values. In your example, if num1 is "3" and num2 is "7", the variables are combined as strings to produce "37". To perform an arithmetic addition, you need to convert the strings to integers using the int() function.