Answer: Python Puzzler #1761

The answer is D. The program prints:

True
What the program prints
Checked by running the program for real.

Why?

First Python works out each side: 5 > 2 is True and 2 < 3 is True. or is True only if at least one side is True.

Trace table

A trace table follows the program step by step. Here’s this one:

partvalue
5 > 2True
2 < 3True

The code again

print(5 > 2 or 2 < 3)

Try it: change one number in the program and predict the new output before you run it.