Answer: Python Puzzler #3513

The answer is D. The program prints:

False

This answer was checked by running the program for real.

Why?

First Python works out each side: 9 > 8 is True and 8 < 4 is False. and is True only if both sides are True.

Trace table

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

partvalue
9 > 8True
8 < 4False

The code again

print(9 > 8 and 8 < 4)

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