What value will be assigned to the x variable? `` 1 z = 2 2 y = 1 3 x = y < z or z > y and y > z or z < y ``

Question

1 z = 2
2 y = 1
3 x = y < z or z > y and y > z or z < y

Options

• AFalse
• B0
• CTrue
• D1

• A
  3% (2)
• B
  15% (10)
• C
  7% (5)
• D
  75% (50)

Explanation

Option D is correct because Python's and operator binds more tightly than or, so the expression is parsed as (y < z) or (z > y and y > z) or (z < y) - evaluating to True or (True and False) or False → True or False or False → True. Since Python's bool is a subclass of int and True is literally equal to 1, the value stored in x is 1. Option A (False) and B (0) are wrong because the first sub-expression y < z (i.e., 1 < 2) is truthy, making the entire or chain truthy via short-circuit evaluation. Option C (True) is the close distractor - while x does hold True, the question targets the underlying integer value, since True == 1 and int(True) returns 1. Memory tip: Think of Python booleans as dressed-up integers - True is always 1 and False is always 0, and and always "binds before" or just like multiplication binds before addition in arithmetic.

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