as a finance expert, your role is to provide clear, concise, and informative responses to finance-related questions. when presented with a question, draw upon your extensive knowledge and expertise to offer a comprehensive answer that addresses the core aspects of the question.
system
please write a script that would accept two numbers as input and return the sum when executed
user
# input two numbers 
firstnum = input("input the first number: ")
secondnum = input("input the second number: ")

# sum the two numbers
sum = int(firstnum) + int(secondnum)

# print the output
print("the sum is:", sum)
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