Answer: Python Puzzler #145

The answer is B. The program prints:

Slow and steady.

Checked by running the program for real.

Python checks the conditions from the top and runs the first one that is true. Is 16 > 17? No. Is 16 > 5? Yes.

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

question	answer
battery > 17	False
battery > 5	True

battery = 16
if battery > 17:
    print("Full speed ahead!")
elif battery > 5:
    print("Slow and steady.")
else:
    print("Time to recharge!")

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