How can you add and multiple to True or False?

Question

I started learning python from a site, and it gave me a question that was kind of weird, I had to add and multiply a number to True and False. I've never done that before, so could someone explain what that means? (Can you replace True with 1 and False with 0?)

This is the question:

What is the value of result at the end of the following code?

x = 20
y = 5
result = (x + True) / (4 - y * False)

A) False

B) -21

C) 5

D) 5.25

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 16 '20 at 16:59

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The answer is 5.25 because in Python, True is equal to 1 while False is equal to 0.

answered Sep 16 '20 at 16:59

Leonardo

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How can you add and multiple to True or False?

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