Answer: Python Puzzler #3681

The answer is B. The program prints:

18 0

This answer was checked by running the program for real.

Why?

// divides and throws away the remainder: each friend gets 18 sweets. % gives the remainder: 0 sweets left over.

Trace table

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

sumanswer
36 // 218
36 % 20

The code again

sweets = 36
friends = 2
print(sweets // friends, sweets % friends)

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