• Help with understanding two asserts

Question related to mission Multiple Lightbulbs

 

We have two asserts as:

assert sum_light([
    datetime(2015, 1, 12, 10, 0, 0),
    datetime(2015, 1, 12, 10, 0, 10),
    (datetime(2015, 1, 12, 10, 0, 0), 2),
    (datetime(2015, 1, 12, 10, 1, 0), 2),
]) == 60

assert sum_light([
    datetime(2015, 1, 12, 10, 0, 0),
    datetime(2015, 1, 12, 10, 0, 10),
    (datetime(2015, 1, 12, 11, 0, 0), 2),
    (datetime(2015, 1, 12, 11, 1, 0), 2),
]) == 70

For the first assert the zeroth element in the input array "els" is a datetime object. The mission statement describes this as

..a datetime object(which means the time when the first button was pressed)

In this case I interpret this to be the time the first button was pressed which turns on light bulb number 2 as bulb number 2 is the only numbered bulb in all the tuples and bulb number 2 also a datetime which matches the datetime of the zeroth element. Correct ?

The element at index 1 is also a datetime object. What does this mean for this object ? Is it the button press for some unknown light bulb number? Unknown because there is no tuple object with a datetime object that coincides with it ?

Maybe another way to frame my question is can you explain how 60 is arrived at for the first assert and 70 for the second please?

Created at: Jan. 25, 2021, 5:13 p.m.; Updated at: Jan. 25, 2021, 6:23 p.m.
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