numbers [ - total set up before the loop for number in numbers total +number processing in the loop for py print(totalresults after the loop our second case was an "accumulatoradding the elements in list here we establish an initial start value for our total of and give it the name "sumthen we loop through the elements in the listadding their values to the running total as we move through them the unindented line after the loop block marks the end of the loop block and is only run after all the looping is completed this prints out the value of the total now that all the numbers in the list have been added into it python for py