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Question 54

An existing Python program calculates the sum of all numbers from 1 to 8. This program is shown below:

running_sum = 0
for val in range(1, 9):
    running_sum = running_sum + val
print(running_sum)

The program needs to be changed so that it also calculates and outputs the product of all the numbers between 1 and 8 inclusive.

Select the option that will correctly do what the programmer wants.

A
running_sum = 0
running_prod = 1
for val in range(1, 9):
    running_sum = running_sum + val
    running_prod = running_sum * val
print(running_sum)
print(running_prod)
B
running_sum = 0
running_prod = 1
for val in range(1, 9):
    running_sum = running_sum + val
    running_prod = running_prod * val
print(running_sum)
print(running_prod)
C
running_sum = 0
running_prod = 1
for val in range(1, 9):
    running_sum = running_sum + val
    running_prod = running_prod * running_sum
print(running_sum)
print(running_prod)
D
running_sum = 0
running_prod = 1
for val in range(1, 9):
    running_sum = running_sum + val
    running_prod = (running_sum + running_prod) * val
print(running_sum)
print(running_prod)
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