Answer: Python Puzzler #9

The answer is A. The program prints:

rocket-rocket-
What the program prints
Checked by running the program for real.

Why?

Multiplying a string by a number repeats it. * 2 makes 2 copies, joined together with nothing in between (the ‘-‘ is part of each copy).

The code again

word = "rocket"
print((word + "-") * 2)

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