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Plan. index() gives the position of the first item that matches. count() says how many times it occurs.
letters.index("d"): the list is b (0), a (1), d (2), a (3), c (4). Sodis at position 2.letters.index("a"): the firstais at position 1. The secondaat position 3 is not reported.letters.count("a"): two items area, so the answer is 2.
Check. Run the program. If you ask for letters.index("z"), Python stops with a ValueError, because z is not in the list.
Answer: 2, 1 and 2.
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