Find lowest scoring student Dry Run in PYTHON

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Find lowest scoring student Program Code

# Find lowest scoring student
students = {
    "John": 85,
    "Alice": 92,
    "Bob": 78,
    "David": 96,
    "Emma": 88,
    "Sophia": 91,
    "Michael": 75
}
print("Student Scores:", students)

# Method 1: Using min() with key
bottom_student = min(students, key=students.get)
bottom_score = students[bottom_student]
print(f"\nLowest Student: {bottom_student} with {bottom_score} marks")

# Method 2: Using items()
bottom_pair = min(students.items(), key=lambda x: x[1])
print(f"Using items(): {bottom_pair[0]} → {bottom_pair[1]}")

# Method 3: Manual iteration
min_student = None
min_marks = float('inf')
for student, marks in students.items():
    if marks < min_marks:
        min_marks = marks
        min_student = student
print(f"Manual method: {min_student} → {min_marks}")

# Method 4: Get failing students (below 80)
failing = {name: score for name, score in students.items() if score < 80}
print(f"\nFailing students (below 80): {failing}")

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