diff --git a/Hello World in Python 2 b/Hello World in Python 2
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+# to print Hello world in python we have to write the following code
+print "Hello World"
+""" double quotes are used when we have to print string
+    (#) is used to show 1 line comment """
diff --git a/Taking input and printing it in C b/Taking input and printing it in C
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+++ b/Taking input and printing it in C	
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+// to take input we use the scanf and to print we use the syntax printf
+#include<stdio.h>
+int main()
+{
+int x;
+scanf("%d\n",&x);
+printf("%d",x);
+}
diff --git a/performing mathematical operations in python 2 b/performing mathematical operations in python 2
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+a = int(raw_input())
+b = int(raw_input())
+print a+b
+print a-b
+print a*b
+print a**b                             # it means a raise to the power b (a^b)