Answer: Python Puzzler #3538

The answer is D. The program prints:

6 2

This answer was checked by running the program for real.

Why?

// divides and throws away the remainder: each friend gets 6 sweets. % gives the remainder: 2 sweets left over.

Trace table

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

sumanswer
26 // 46
26 % 42

The code again

sweets = 26
friends = 4
print(sweets // friends, sweets % friends)

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