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Average always comes back as a whole number — Python debugging challenge | BugHunt

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Average always comes back as a whole number

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What it should do

average(nums) should return the mean of a list of numbers, including any fractional part.

What goes wrong

average([1, 2]) returns 1 instead of 1.5 — the decimal part disappears.

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Hints

This is a type errors bug

Totals that concatenate, sorts that put 10 before 9, comparisons that refuse to run.

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