Answer: Python Puzzler #3936

The answer is B. The program prints:

10 0

This answer was checked by running the program for real.

Why?

// divides and throws away the remainder: each friend gets 10 sweets. % gives the remainder: 0 sweets left over.

Trace table

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

sumanswer
40 // 410
40 % 40

The code again

sweets = 40
friends = 4
print(sweets // friends, sweets % friends)

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