type dir(mytupleand press enter python presents list of functions that you can use with tuplesas shown in figure - notice that the list of functions appears significantly smaller than the list of functions provided with lists in the count(and index(functions are present figure - fewer functions seem to be available for use with tuples howeverappearances can be deceiving for exampleyou can add new items using the __add__(function when working with python objectslook at all the entries before you make decision as to functionality type mytuple mytuple __add__(("purple",)and press enter this code adds new tuple to mytuple and places the result in new copy of mytuple the old copy of mytuple is destroyed after the call the __add__(function accepts only tuples as input this means that you must enclose the addition in parentheses in additionwhen creating tuple with single entryyou must add comma after the entryas shown in the example this is an odd python rule that you need to keep in mind or you'll see an error message similar to this onetypeerrorcan only concatenate tuple (not "str"to tuple type mytuple and press enter the addition to mytuple appears at the end of the listas shown in figure - notice that it appears at the same level as the other entries