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id: 5e9a093a74c4063ca6f7c152
title: Numpy Introduction A
challengeType: 11
videoId: P-JjV6GBCmk
dashedName: numpy-introduction-a
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# --description--

*Instead of using notebooks.ai like it shows in the video, you can use Google Colab instead.*

More resources:

-   [Notebooks on GitHub](https://github.com/ine-rmotr-curriculum/freecodecamp-intro-to-numpy)
-   [How to open Notebooks from GitHub using Google Colab.](https://colab.research.google.com/github/googlecolab/colabtools/blob/master/notebooks/colab-github-demo.ipynb)

# --question--

## --text--

Why is Numpy an important, but unpopular Python library?

## --answers--

Often you won't work directly with Numpy.

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It is extremely slow.

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Working with Numpy is difficult.

## --video-solution--

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