diff --git a/02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb b/02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb
index 2dca19d0b..a098611f6 100644
--- a/02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb
+++ b/02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb
@@ -56,13 +56,37 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
+   "execution_count": 3,
    "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "ename": "AttributeError",
+     "evalue": "'str' object has no attribute 'symmetric_difference'",
+     "output_type": "error",
+     "traceback": [
+      "\u001b[31m---------------------------------------------------------------------------\u001b[39m",
+      "\u001b[31mAttributeError\u001b[39m                            Traceback (most recent call last)",
+      "\u001b[36mCell\u001b[39m\u001b[36m \u001b[39m\u001b[32mIn[3]\u001b[39m\u001b[32m, line 17\u001b[39m\n\u001b[32m     12\u001b[39m     \u001b[38;5;28mprint\u001b[39m(\u001b[33m'\u001b[39m\u001b[33mFalse\u001b[39m\u001b[33m'\u001b[39m)\n\u001b[32m     16\u001b[39m \u001b[38;5;66;03m# Run your code to check using the words below:\u001b[39;00m\n\u001b[32m---> \u001b[39m\u001b[32m17\u001b[39m \u001b[43managram_checker\u001b[49m\u001b[43m(\u001b[49m\u001b[33;43m\"\u001b[39;49m\u001b[33;43mSilent\u001b[39;49m\u001b[33;43m\"\u001b[39;49m\u001b[43m,\u001b[49m\u001b[43m \u001b[49m\u001b[33;43m\"\u001b[39;49m\u001b[33;43mlisten\u001b[39;49m\u001b[33;43m\"\u001b[39;49m\u001b[43m)\u001b[49m\n",
+      "\u001b[36mCell\u001b[39m\u001b[36m \u001b[39m\u001b[32mIn[3]\u001b[39m\u001b[32m, line 7\u001b[39m, in \u001b[36managram_checker\u001b[39m\u001b[34m(word_a, word_b)\u001b[39m\n\u001b[32m      5\u001b[39m {word_b}\n\u001b[32m      6\u001b[39m \u001b[38;5;66;03m# we want to then see all values only in one of two sets\u001b[39;00m\n\u001b[32m----> \u001b[39m\u001b[32m7\u001b[39m \u001b[43mword_a\u001b[49m\u001b[43m.\u001b[49m\u001b[43msymmetric_difference\u001b[49m(word_b)\n\u001b[32m      8\u001b[39m \u001b[38;5;66;03m# if symmatric_difference is True then we want to print True and if False then we print False \u001b[39;00m\n\u001b[32m      9\u001b[39m \u001b[38;5;28;01mif\u001b[39;00m word_a.symmetric_difference(word_b) == \u001b[38;5;28mset\u001b[39m(): \n",
+      "\u001b[31mAttributeError\u001b[39m: 'str' object has no attribute 'symmetric_difference'"
+     ]
+    }
+   ],
    "source": [
     "# For testing purposes, we will write our code in the function\n",
     "def anagram_checker(word_a, word_b):\n",
-    "  # Your code here\n",
+    "  # first we need to make into a set \n",
+    "  {word_a}\n",
+    "  {word_b}\n",
+    "  # we want to then see all values only in one of two sets\n",
+    "  word_a.symmetric_difference(word_b)\n",
+    "  # if symmatric_difference is True then we want to print True and if False then we print False \n",
+    "  if word_a.symmetric_difference(word_b) == set(): \n",
+    "    print('True')\n",
+    "  if word_a.symmetric_difference(word_b) != set(): \n",
+    "    print('False')\n",
+    "\n",
+    "\n",
     "\n",
     "# Run your code to check using the words below:\n",
     "anagram_checker(\"Silent\", \"listen\")"
@@ -102,7 +126,20 @@
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "def anagram_checker(word_a, word_b, is_case_sensitive):\n",
-    "  # Modify your existing code here\n",
+    "  # first we need to make into a set \n",
+    "  {word_a}\n",
+    "  {word_b}\n",
+    "  # we want to then see all values only in one of two sets  \n",
+    "  word_a.symmetric_difference(word_b)\n",
+    "  # if symmetric_difference is True then we want to print True and if False then we print False \n",
+    "  if word_a.symmetric_difference(word_b) == set(): \n",
+    "    print('True')\n",
+    "  if word_a.symmetric_difference(word_b) != set(): \n",
+    "    print('False')\n",
+    "  if not is_case_sensitive: \n",
+    "    print('True')\n",
+    "  if is_case_sensitive:\n",
+    "    print('False')\n",
     "\n",
     "# Run your code to check using the words below:\n",
     "anagram_checker(\"Silent\", \"listen\", False) # True"
@@ -139,7 +176,7 @@
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-   "display_name": "new-learner",
+   "display_name": "python-env (3.11.14)",
    "language": "python",
    "name": "python3"
   },
@@ -153,7 +190,7 @@
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    "nbconvert_exporter": "python",
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+   "version": "3.11.14"
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