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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222288'>Given that</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'> n</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222288'> refers to a positive </span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>int</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222288'> use a </span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>while loop </span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222288'>to compute the sum of the cubes of the first </span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>n</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222288'> counting numbers, and associate this value with </span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>total</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222288'> . Use no <a href="http://pearson.turingscraft.com/codelab/jsp/tutor.jsp?glIndex=1&lang=PYTHON3" target="_blank"><span style='color:blue'>variables</span></a> other than </span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>n</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222288'> , </span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>k</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222288'> , and </span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>total</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222288'> . </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi, I am really a rookie at Python and I am just learning some of the language and some of the functions etc. I am using Pearson’s Programming lab and the accompanying online book. The biggest problem that I am having is trying to figure out how to start off on problems such as the one above. I have been out of school for over 40 years and I am struggling, needless to say. I know this problem will be laughably easy for most of you, but do you have any suggestions as to how I need to look at a problem and to “identify” what exactly it is asking for, and how I can pick out the elements that I need to start with? Any and all help will be greatly appreciated.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>