Question

What is the output of this expression, 3*1**3?

(a) 27

(b) 9

(c) 3

(d) 1

I had been asked this question by my college professor while I was bunking the class.

My enquiry is from Basic Operators topic in section Variable Names, Operators, Data Types & Numeric Types of Python

Answer 1

Correct option is (c) 3

To explain: First this expression will solve 1**3 because exponential has higher precedence than multiplication, so 1**3 = 1 and 3*1 = 3. Final answer is 3.