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Identify and explain the bug in Rajesh's function that is supposed to calculate the sum of numbers, but produces incorrect results when called with different argument counts

def sum_numbers(a, b, c):
    return a + b + c

print(sum_numbers(10, 20))
print(sum_numbers(5, 10, 15, 20))

  1. The function will return 30 and then 50, working correctly for all calls

  2. The function will raise a TypeError because the first call has too few arguments and the second has too many

  3. The function will ignore extra arguments and use default values for missing ones

  4. The function will return 0 for both calls since arguments are missing

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Correct answer

The function will raise a TypeError because the first call has too few arguments and the second has too many

Explanation

The function requires exactly 3 parameters, but the calls provide 2 and 4 arguments respectively. Python will raise a TypeError because the function signature doesn't match the arguments passed.

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