I can't understand this question! Please help!!!

Question

What is the output of this code?

x = [2,4]
x = x * 3
print(x[3])

I know that the answer is 4, because I paid bits, but I don't understand HOW! Please help.

Answer 1

Multiplying a list duplicates the items with the order. You can check it by print it out.

print(x * 3) #output [2, 4, 2, 4, 2, 4]

Try multiplying by different numbers probably make it more clear.
x * 2 gives [2, 4, 2, 4]
x * 4 gives [2, 4, 2, 4, 2, 4, 2, 4]

If you know the entire list, it is clear what x[3] is.