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Project: a smiley factory

Write draw_smiley(x, y) that draws a gold face, two black eyes and a smile at that position, and call it three times at x = -120, 0 and 120.

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Functions can take a position as well as a size. A smiley is a filled circle for a face, two dots for eyes and a curved smile. Move with the pen up (penup) so no line is drawn on the way, go to the right place with goto(x, y), and draw. Then one function can place a smiley anywhere.

Your task

Write draw_smiley(x, y) that draws a gold face, two black eyes and a smile at that position, and call it three times at x = -120, 0 and 120.

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Give each smiley a different face colour using a list of colours.

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