The answer is D. The program prints:
RTL
This answer was checked by running the program for real.
Why?
word[2:5] is a slice: it starts at position 2 and stops before position 5. Positions count from 0.
Trace table
A trace table follows the program step by step. Here’s this one:
| position | letter |
|---|---|
| 0 | T |
| 1 | U |
| 2 | R |
| 3 | T |
| 4 | L |
| 5 | E |
The code again
word = "TURTLE"
print(word[2:5])Try it: change one number in the program and predict the new output before you run it.