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Write a Python function that takes a list of integers as input and returns a new list that contains only the even numbers in the original list.

Question: Write a Python function that takes a list of integers as input and returns a new list that contains only the even numbers in the original list. Explain your approach and the reasoning behind it.
Answer: Here’s a Python function that does exactly that:
def get_even_numbers(input_list):
# Initialize an empty list to store even numbers
even_numbers = []
# Loop through each number in the input list
for number in input_list:
# Check if the number is even
if number % 2 == 0:
# If it is, append it to the even_numbers list
even_numbers.append(number)
# Return the list of even numbers
return even_numbers
This function takes a list of integers as input, and initializes an empty list called even_numbers
to store the even numbers. It then loops through each number in the input list, and checks if the number is even by using the modulo operator %
to check if the remainder is 0 when divided by 2. If the number is even, it appends it to the even_numbers
list.
Finally, the function returns the even_numbers
list containing only the even numbers from the original…