diff --git a/prep-exercises/.gitignore b/prep-exercises/.gitignore
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+.venv
+
diff --git a/prep-exercises/exercise_eight.py b/prep-exercises/exercise_eight.py
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+#Write a Person class using @datatype which uses a datetime.date for date of birth, rather than an
+#int for age.
+
+#Re-add the is_adult method to it.
+
+
+from datetime import date
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+
+@dataclass
+class Person:
+        name: str
+        date_of_birth: date
+        preferred_operating_system: str
+        
+        def is_adult(self) ->bool:
+            age_in_days = (date.today() - self.date_of_birth).days 
+            age_in_years = age_in_days / 365.2425
+            return age_in_years >= 18
+    
+    
+
+imran = Person("Imran", date(2003,12, 3), "Ubuntu")
+print(imran.is_adult())
diff --git a/prep-exercises/exercise_eleven.py b/prep-exercises/exercise_eleven.py
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+#Write a program which:
+
+#1.Already has a list of Laptops that a library has to lend out.
+#2.Accepts user input to create a new Person - it should use the input function to read a person’s
+#name, age, and preferred operating system.
+#3.Tells the user how many laptops the library has that have that operating system.
+#4.If there is an operating system that has more laptops available, tells the user that if they’re willing to
+#accept that operating system they’re more likely to get a laptop.
+
+#You should convert the age and preferred operating system input from the user into more constrained
+#types as quickly as possible, and should output errors to stderr and terminate the program with a non-
+#zero exit code if the user input bad values.
+
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+import sys
+from enum import Enum
+
+class operatingSystem(Enum):
+    CHROMEOS = "ChromeOS"
+    WINDOWS = "Windows"
+    MACOS = "macOS"
+    LINUX = "Linux"
+    ARCH = "Arch Linux"
+    UBUNTU = "Ubuntu"
+
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class Person:
+    name: str
+    age: int
+    preferred_operating_system: str
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class Laptop:
+    id: int
+    manufacturer: str
+    model: str
+    screen_size_in_inches: float
+    operating_system: operatingSystem
+
+
+
+laptops = [
+    Laptop(id=1, manufacturer="HP", model="Chromebook Plus 514", screen_size_in_inches=14, operating_system=operatingSystem.CHROMEOS),
+    Laptop(id=2, manufacturer="Microsoft", model="XPS", screen_size_in_inches=13.8, operating_system=operatingSystem.WINDOWS),
+    Laptop(id=3, manufacturer="Apple", model="MacBook Air", screen_size_in_inches=15, operating_system=operatingSystem.MACOS),
+    Laptop(id=4, manufacturer="Lenovo", model="ThinkPad X220", screen_size_in_inches=12.5, operating_system=operatingSystem.LINUX),
+    Laptop(id=5, manufacturer="Dell", model="XPS", screen_size_in_inches=13.7, operating_system=operatingSystem.ARCH),
+    Laptop(id=6, manufacturer="Dell", model="XPS", screen_size_in_inches=10.4, operating_system=operatingSystem.ARCH),
+    Laptop(id=7, manufacturer="Dell", model="XPS", screen_size_in_inches=15.5, operating_system=operatingSystem.UBUNTU),
+    Laptop(id=8, manufacturer="Dell", model="XPS", screen_size_in_inches=15, operating_system=operatingSystem.UBUNTU),
+    Laptop(id=9, manufacturer="Apple", model="MacBook", screen_size_in_inches=13.3, operating_system=operatingSystem.MACOS),
+]
+
+
+name_input = input("What's your name? ")
+if not name_input.isalpha():
+    print("Name must contain letters only!")
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+try:
+    age_input = int(input("What's your age? "))
+except ValueError:
+    print("Enter a numeric value for the age!")
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+
+def parse_os_input(user_input: str) -> operatingSystem:
+    clean = user_input.lower().replace(" ", "")
+    
+    for os in operatingSystem:
+        if os.value.lower().replace(" ", "") == clean:
+            return os
+    print("Invalid operating system!", file=sys.stderr)
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+preferred_operating_system_input = parse_os_input(input("What's your preferred operating system? "))
+
+
+
+def person_builder(name_input: str, age_input:int, preferred_operating_system_input:str) ->Person:
+
+    return Person(name_input, age_input, preferred_operating_system_input)
+
+
+
+def laptops_counter(preferred_operating_system_input:str) ->int:
+    sum = 0
+    for laptop in laptops:
+        if preferred_operating_system_input == laptop.operating_system:
+            sum += 1
+    user_os = preferred_operating_system_input.value
+    if sum == 1:
+        return f"There is {sum} laptop with {user_os} operating system"
+    elif sum > 1:
+         return f"There are {sum} laptops with {user_os} operating system"
+
+print(laptops_counter(preferred_operating_system_input))
+
+
+user_os = preferred_operating_system_input
+
+def more_available_os(user_os: operatingSystem):
+    
+    os_counter = {}
+    for laptop in laptops:
+        os_counter[laptop.operating_system] = os_counter.get(laptop.operating_system, 0) + 1
+
+    max_count = max(os_counter.values())
+
+    user_os_count = os_counter.get(user_os, 0)
+    
+    if user_os_count < max_count:
+        most_available_os = max(os_counter, key=os_counter.get)
+        print(f"If you’re open to using {most_available_os.value} operating system, you’ll have a better chance of getting a laptop.”")
+
+
+print(more_available_os(preferred_operating_system_input))
+
+
diff --git a/prep-exercises/exercise_five.py b/prep-exercises/exercise_five.py
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+# Add the is_adult code to the file you saved earlier.
+
+# Run it through mypy - notice that no errors are reported - mypy
+# understands that Person has a property named age so is happy
+# with the function.
+
+# Write a new function in the file that accepts a Person as a
+# parameter and tries to access a property that doesn’t exist. Run
+# it through mypy and check that it does report an error.
+
+
+class Person:
+    def __init__(self, name: str, age: int, preferred_operating_system: str):
+        self.name = name
+        self.age = age
+        self.preferred_operating_system = preferred_operating_system
+
+imran = Person("Imran", 22, "Ubuntu")
+print(imran.name)
+print(imran.address)
+
+eliza = Person("Eliza", 34, "Arch Linux")
+print(eliza.name)
+print(eliza.address)
+
+
+def is_adult(person: Person) -> bool:
+    return person.age >= 18
+
+print(is_adult(imran))
+
+
+
+# New function: "is_engineer" takes "Person" as a parameter and tries to access "profession" - a property that does not exist.
+def is_engineer(person: Person) -> bool:
+    return person.profession == "Engineer"
+
+print(is_engineer(eliza))
+
+# After running through mypy, 2 errors related to the new function were reported:
+# 1) exercise_five.py:36: error: Returning Any from function declared to return "bool"  [no-any-return]
+# since person does not have "profession" as attribute and thus its type is unknown, thus this function could be returning any type. Hence the error above.
+# 2) exercise_five.py:36: error: "Person" has no attribute "profession"  [attr-defined]
+# The error above simply stating that attribute "profession" does not exist in the class "Person"
+
+
diff --git a/prep-exercises/exercise_four.py b/prep-exercises/exercise_four.py
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+++ b/prep-exercises/exercise_four.py
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+class Person:
+    def __init__(self, name: str, age: int, preferred_operating_system: str):
+        self.name = name
+        self.age = age
+        self.preferred_operating_system = preferred_operating_system
+
+imran = Person("Imran", 22, "Ubuntu")
+print(imran.name)
+print(imran.address)
+
+eliza = Person("Eliza", 34, "Arch Linux")
+print(eliza.name)
+print(eliza.address)
+
+# Save the above code to a file, and run it through mypy.
+
+#Read the error, and make sure you understand what it’s telling you.
+
+# The error message simply says that the class: Person does not have "address" as an attribute.
+# Therefore, the instances of the class: Person can not inheret an attribute that does not exist.
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diff --git a/prep-exercises/exercise_nine.py b/prep-exercises/exercise_nine.py
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+++ b/prep-exercises/exercise_nine.py
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+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from typing import List
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class Person:
+    name: str
+    #Add "age" attribute
+    age: int
+    children: List["Person"]
+
+#Add "age" field and thier respective values to "fatma" and "aisha" - instances of class "Person"
+fatma = Person(name="Fatma", age=14, children=[])
+aisha = Person(name="Aisha",age=22, children=[])
+
+##Add "age" field and its values to "imran" -  instance of class "Person"
+imran = Person(name="Imran", age=44, children=[fatma, aisha])
+
+def print_family_tree(person: Person) -> None:
+    print(person.name)
+    for child in person.children:
+        print(f"- {child.name} ({child.age})")
+
+print_family_tree(imran)
+
+
+#Fix the above code so that it works. You must not change the print on line 17 - we do want to print the
+#children’s ages. (Feel free to invent the ages of Imran’s children.)
+
+
diff --git a/prep-exercises/exercise_one.py b/prep-exercises/exercise_one.py
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+++ b/prep-exercises/exercise_one.py
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+
+def double(value):
+    return value * 2
+
+print(double("22"))
+
+
+# Predict what double("22") will do. Then run the code and check. Did it do what you expected? Why did it return the value it did?
+
+# Initial prediction was that a type coercion may take place and  string "22"  will convert to integer 22 and thus the function returns 44.
+# After running the code, I now know that it did not do what i expected. It duplicated/repeated the string and returned 2222.
diff --git a/prep-exercises/exercise_seven.py b/prep-exercises/exercise_seven.py
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+#Change the Person class to take a date of birth (using the standard library’s datetime.date class) and
+#store it in a field instead of age.
+
+#Update the is_adult method to act the same as before.
+
+from datetime import date
+
+
+class Person:
+    def __init__(self, name: str, date_of_birth: date, preferred_operating_system: str):
+        self.name = name
+        self.preferred_operating_system = preferred_operating_system
+        #Add "date_of_birth" attribute to the "Person" class
+        self.date_of_birth = date_of_birth
+
+    def is_adult(self) ->bool:
+        age_in_days = (date.today() - self.date_of_birth).days 
+        age_in_years = age_in_days / 365.2425
+        return age_in_years >= 18
+    
+    
+
+
+
+imran = Person("Imran", date(2003,12, 3), "Ubuntu")
+print(imran.is_adult())
+
+
diff --git a/prep-exercises/exercise_six.py b/prep-exercises/exercise_six.py
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+++ b/prep-exercises/exercise_six.py
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+#Think of the advantages of using methods instead of free functions. Write them down in your notebook.
+
+# Easy and direct to data and thus more efficient when working on them.
+# it's more reusable since all instances of a class inheret those methods defined in it automatically.
+# you'll be less prone to make mistakes when using methods as part of a class/isntance of it as opposed to a free function attempting to aceess the class data.
+# code is more organised and readable when methods are part of a class as opposed to when they're just free functions.
diff --git a/prep-exercises/exercise_ten.py b/prep-exercises/exercise_ten.py
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+++ b/prep-exercises/exercise_ten.py
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+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from typing import List
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class Person:
+    name: str
+    age: int
+    preferred_operating_systems: List[str]
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class Laptop:
+    id: int
+    manufacturer: str
+    model: str
+    screen_size_in_inches: float
+    operating_system: str
+
+
+def find_possible_laptops(laptops: List[Laptop], person: Person) -> List[Laptop]:
+    possible_laptops = []
+    for laptop in laptops:
+        for item in person.preferred_operating_systems:
+            if laptop.operating_system == item:
+                possible_laptops.append(laptop)
+    return possible_laptops
+
+
+people = [
+    Person(name="Imran", age=22, preferred_operating_systems=["Ubuntu", "Arch Linux", "macOS"]),
+    Person(name="Eliza", age=34, preferred_operating_systems=["Arch Linux", "macOS", "Ubuntu"]),
+]
+
+laptops = [
+    Laptop(id=1, manufacturer="Dell", model="XPS", screen_size_in_inches=13, operating_system="Arch Linux"),
+    Laptop(id=2, manufacturer="Dell", model="XPS", screen_size_in_inches=15, operating_system="Ubuntu"),
+    Laptop(id=3, manufacturer="Dell", model="XPS", screen_size_in_inches=15, operating_system="ubuntu"),
+    Laptop(id=4, manufacturer="Apple", model="macBook", screen_size_in_inches=13, operating_system="macOS"),
+]
+
+for person in people:
+    possible_laptops = find_possible_laptops(laptops, person)
+    print(f"Possible laptops for {person.name}: {possible_laptops}")
+
+
+#Try changing the type annotation of Person.preferred_operating_system from str to List[str].
+    
+#Run mypy on the code.
+    
+#It tells us different places that our code is now wrong, because we’re passing values of the wrong type.
+    
+#We probably also want to rename our field - lists are plural. Rename the field to preferred_operating_systems.
+    
+#Run mypy again.
+
+#Fix all of the places that mypy tells you need changing. Make sure the program works as you’d expect.
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diff --git a/prep-exercises/exercise_three.py b/prep-exercises/exercise_three.py
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+++ b/prep-exercises/exercise_three.py
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+#Do not run the following code.
+
+#This code contains bugs related to types. They are bugs mypy can catch.
+
+#Read this code to understand what it’s trying to do. Add type annotations to the method parameters and
+#return types of this code. Run the code through mypy, and fix all of the bugs that show up. When you’re
+#confident all of the type annotations are correct, and the bugs are fixed, run the code and check it works.
+
+from typing import Dict
+
+def open_account(balances: Dict[str, int], name: str, amount: int) ->None:
+    balances[name] = amount
+
+def sum_balances(accounts: Dict[str, int]) ->int:
+    total = 0
+    for name, pence in accounts.items():
+        print(f"{name} had balance {pence}")
+        total += pence
+    return total
+
+def format_pence_as_string(total_pence: int) ->str:
+    if total_pence < 100:
+        return f"{total_pence}p"
+    pounds = int(total_pence / 100)
+    pence = total_pence % 100
+    return f"£{pounds}.{pence:02d}"
+
+balances = {
+    "Sima": 700,
+    "Linn": 545,
+    "Georg": 831,
+}
+
+open_account(balances, "Tobi", 9)
+open_account(balances, "Olya", 7)
+
+total_pence = sum_balances(balances)
+total_string = format_pence_as_string(total_pence)
+
+print(f"The bank accounts total {total_string}")
diff --git a/prep-exercises/exercise_twelve.py b/prep-exercises/exercise_twelve.py
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+++ b/prep-exercises/exercise_twelve.py
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+
+#Play computer with this code. Predict what you expect each line will do. Then run the code and check
+#your predictions. (If any lines cause errors, you may need to comment them out to check later lines).
+
+class Parent:
+    def __init__(self, first_name: str, last_name: str):
+        self.first_name = first_name
+        self.last_name = last_name
+
+    def get_name(self) -> str:
+        return f"{self.first_name} {self.last_name}"
+
+
+class Child(Parent):
+    def __init__(self, first_name: str, last_name: str):
+        super().__init__(first_name, last_name)
+        self.previous_last_names = []
+
+    def change_last_name(self, last_name) -> None:
+        self.previous_last_names.append(self.last_name)
+        self.last_name = last_name
+
+    def get_full_name(self) -> str:
+        suffix = ""
+        if len(self.previous_last_names) > 0:
+            suffix = f" (née {self.previous_last_names[0]})"
+        return f"{self.first_name} {self.last_name}{suffix}"
+
+person1 = Child("Elizaveta", "Alekseeva")
+print(person1.get_name())
+print(person1.get_full_name())
+person1.change_last_name("Tyurina")
+print(person1.get_name())
+print(person1.get_full_name())
+
+person2 = Parent("Elizaveta", "Alekseeva")
+print(person2.get_name())
+#print(person2.get_full_name())
+#person2.change_last_name("Tyurina")
+print(person2.get_name())
+#print(person2.get_full_name())
+
+
+# I pridict that lines 38, 39, & 41 will through an error, since these methods simply don't exist in the parent class.
+
+# all problematic lines: 38, 39, 41 were commented one after the other while going through the error messages.
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diff --git a/prep-exercises/exercise_two.py b/prep-exercises/exercise_two.py
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+++ b/prep-exercises/exercise_two.py
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+def double(number):
+    return number * 3
+
+print(double(10))
+
+# Read the above code and write down what the bug is. How would you fix it?
+
+# the bug here is logical: the function name: "double" - which contradicts what it does. 
+# Named double but it triples the parameter passed.
+# To fix it either do:
+
+# A:
+def double(number):
+    return number * 2
+
+print(double(10))
+
+
+# or B:
+def triple(number):
+    return number * 3
+
+print(triple(10))
+
+
+