feat: completed exercise 17 and 18

lab-05/exercise-17.py

@@ -2,3 +2,13 @@
 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.
 """
+# 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)

lab-05/exercise-18.py

@@ -3,3 +3,20 @@ The Collatz conjecture states that if you start with any positive integer n, and
 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.
 """
+
+# 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)