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What is NumPy?

3.1 - What is NumPy?

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What does NumPy stand for?

💡 Hint: Look at the acronym.

Question 2 Easy

Why are NumPy arrays preferred over Python lists?

💡 Hint: Think about performance.

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Question 1

What does NumPy allow us to do?

Work with text data
Perform numerical computations
Manage databases

💡 Hint: Think about what mathematical tasks you'd need.

Question 2

True or False: NumPy arrays cannot be multidimensional.

True
False

💡 Hint: Consider the types of datasets you'll encounter.

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Challenge Problems

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Challenge 1 Hard

Create a NumPy array of the first 10 square numbers and calculate their mean and standard deviation.

💡 Hint: Think about how to generate squares and then apply the mean and std functions.

Challenge 2 Hard

Given two arrays, calculate their dot product using NumPy and interpret the results in a machine learning context.

💡 Hint: Utilize `np.dot()` function and think about scenarios where vector alignment matters.

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