IN PYTHON: The following code is supposed to add together all numbers from x to 10. The code is returning an incorrect answer, what is the reason for this? x = 1 sum = 5 while x <= 10: sum += x x += 1 print(sum) # Should print 55   -The code is not inside of a function -The "sum" variable is initialized with the wrong value -Should use a for loop instead of a while loop -Not incrementing the iterator (x)

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The following code is supposed to add together all numbers from x to 10. The code is returning an incorrect answer, what is the reason for this?

x = 1
sum = 5
while x <= 10:
sum += x
x += 1
print(sum)
# Should print 55
 

-The code is not inside of a function

-The "sum" variable is initialized with the wrong value

-Should use a for loop instead of a while loop

-Not incrementing the iterator (x)

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