diff --git a/avg_height.py b/avg_height.py
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+#to calculate the average of a student height
+student_heights = input("input a list of student heights: ").split()
+for n in range (0, len(student_heights)):
+    student_heights[n] = int(student_heights[n])
+print(student_heights)  
+
+
+
+
+total_height = 0
+for height in student_heights:
+    total_height = total_height = height
+print(total_height)
+
+
+num_of_student = len(student_heights)
+average_height  = round(total_height / num_of_student)
+print(average_height)
+