Answer: Python Puzzler #3379

The answer is D. The program prints:

2 3

This answer was checked by running the program for real.

Why?

// divides and throws away the remainder: each friend gets 2 sweets. % gives the remainder: 3 sweets left over.

Trace table

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

sumanswer
13 // 52
13 % 53

The code again

sweets = 13
friends = 5
print(sweets // friends, sweets % friends)

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