From ba8da6b2b53485a4cd7ed32552a63ed157113814 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: baphim <269010393+baphim@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2026 17:48:57 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] feat: completed exercise 17 and 18

---
 lab-05/exercise-17.py | 12 +++++++++++-
 lab-05/exercise-18.py | 19 ++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lab-05/exercise-17.py b/lab-05/exercise-17.py
index 4e73063..48456b0 100644
--- a/lab-05/exercise-17.py
+++ b/lab-05/exercise-17.py
@@ -1,4 +1,14 @@
 """
 Write a program to use a loop to find the factorial of a given number (e.g., 5!). The factorial of N is the product
 of all integers from 1 to N.
-"""
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+"""
+# Set input number and factorial variables
+num = 5
+factorial = 1
+
+# Iterate through range of 1 to num var + 1 and multiply by i
+for i in range(1, num + 1):
+    factorial = factorial * i
+
+# Print resulting factorial
+print(factorial)
diff --git a/lab-05/exercise-18.py b/lab-05/exercise-18.py
index 328916d..b7a2624 100644
--- a/lab-05/exercise-18.py
+++ b/lab-05/exercise-18.py
@@ -2,4 +2,21 @@
 The Collatz conjecture states that if you start with any positive integer n, and if n is even, divide it by 2; if n is
 odd, multiply it by 3 and add 1. Repeat the process. The sequence will always eventually reach 1. Write a program to
 print this sequence for a given number.
-"""
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+"""
+
+# set variable n to 6
+n = 6
+
+# Runs the loop until n = 1, signifying the end of the Collatz conjecture
+while n != 1:
+    # print value of n plus a comma and space to print on the same line
+    print(n, end=", ")
+    # if n is even, halve n
+    if n % 2 == 0:
+        n = n // 2
+    # if n is odd, multiply by 3 and add one    
+    else:
+        n = n * 3 + 1
+
+# Prints final value for n, which should always be 1        
+print(n)
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