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+### Question 01
+
+Describe and explain what each of these expressions produces in basic Python:
+
+```python
+In [1]: 5+2
+Out[1]: 7
+
+In [2]: 2 + 5
+Out[2]: 7
+
+In [3]: 2**5
+Out[3]: 32
+```
+----
+
+### Question 20
+
+```python
+In [ ]: x = "How many characters and words are in this string?"
+
+In [ ]: len(x) # how many characters are in the phrase
+Out[ ]: 49
+```
+This shows how `len` behaves when applied to a string with the result being the number of characters in the string.
+```python
+In [ ]: # Convert x into a list of characters
+   ...: char_list = list(x);
+```
+
+As we saw in class we can use the `list` function to convert any `iterable` into a list
+```python
+In [29]: list?
+"""
+Init signature: list(self, /, *args, **kwargs)
+Docstring:     
+list() -> new empty list
+list(iterable) -> new list initialized from iterable's items
+Type:           type
+"""
+```
+As it turns out, *strings are iterable items and can be converted into a list.*
+
+- - -
+
+*Observation*: We can even check if strings are iterable by running the following
+```python
+In [ ]: from collections import Iterable
+In [ ]: isinstance(x, Iterable)
+Out[ ]: True
+```
+note that it wouldn't be the case for an instance of type `int`
+```python
+In [ ]: isinstance(1234, Iterable)
+Out[ ]: False
+```
+---
+
+As for the other questions, we can check the **methods** associated with `x` by `x.[TAB]` to find a one that allows us to split the phrase into words. Note the method already output a list
+```python
+In [ ]: # Convert x to a list of individual words
+   ...: word_list = x.split();
+
+In [ ]: word_list
+Out[ ]: ['How', 'many', 'characters', 'and', 'words', 'are', 'in', 'this', 'string?']
+
+In [ ]: type(word_list)
+Out[ ]: list
+```
+to check how many words we have, we can just use `len` to our new created list
+```
+In [ ]: # How many words does x contain?
+   ...: len(word_list)
+Out[ ]: 9
+```
+
+
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