diff --git a/exercise-1/exercise.R b/exercise-1/exercise.R
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 # Exercise-1: practice with basic syntax
 
 # Create a variable `hometown` that stores the city in which you were born
-
+hometown <- "bangalore"
 
 # Assign your name to the variable `my.name`
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+my.name <- "Thejas"
 
 # Assign your height (in inches) to a variable `my.height`
-
-
+my.height <- 135
+  
 # Create a variable `puppies` equal to the number of puppies you'd like to have
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+puppies <- 3
 
 # Create a variable `puppy.price`, which is how expensive you think a puppy is
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+puppy.price <- 400
 
 # Create a variable `total.cost` that has the total cost of all of your puppies
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+total.cost <- puppies * puppy.price
 
 # Create a boolean variable `too.expensive`, set to TRUE if the cost is greater than $1,000
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+too.expensive <- total.cost > 1000
 
 # Create a variable `max.puppies`, which is the number of puppies you can afford for $1,000.
+max.puppies <- 1000 / puppy.price
+
+print(max.puppies)
+
diff --git a/exercise-2/README.md b/exercise-2/README.md
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+# Exercise-2
+Nearly all of our R exercises will follow the same format, requiring the following steps:
+
+1. As you've done before, fork this repository to your own GitHub account
+2. Clone the repository to your machine
+3. Open the `exercise.R` file in Rstudio, and follow the instructions there.
+4. When you're done, `add` and `commit` your changes
+5. Push your changes back to GitHub
diff --git a/exercise-2/exercise.R b/exercise-2/exercise.R
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+# Exercise-2: more practice with basic syntax
+
+# Create a variable `food` that stores your favorite kind of food
+food <- "Teiyaki"
+
+# Create a variable 'restaurant' that stores your favorite place to eat
+resturant <- "Itadakimas"
+
+# Create a variable `friends` equal to the number of friends you would like to eat with
+friends <- 4
+
+# Create a variable `meal.price`, which is how expensive you think one meal at the restaurant will be
+meal.price <- 10
+
+# Create a variable `total.cost` that has the total cost of your bill
+total.cost <- friends * meal.price
+
+# Create a variable 'total.cost.tip' to be the total cost including a 15% tip
+total.cost.tip <- total.cost * 0.15
+
+# Create a variable 'price.limit' set to your spending budget
+price.limit <- 100
+
+# Create a boolean variable `too.expensive`, set to TRUE if the cost with the tip is greater than the price limit
+too.expensive <- (total.cost + total.cost.tip) > price.limit
+
+# Create a variable `max.friends`, which is the maximum number of friends you can invite that is in range
+# of your price limit
+max.friends <- round(price.limit / ((total.cost + total.cost.tip)/friends))
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