Immutable vs Mutable types

Question

I\'m confused on what an immutable type is. I know the float object is considered to be immutable, with this type of example from my book:

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Answer 1

For immutable objects, assignment creates a new copy of values, for example.

x=7
y=x
print(x,y)
x=10 # so for immutable objects this creates a new copy so that it doesnot 
#effect the value of y
print(x,y)

For mutable objects, the assignment doesn't create another copy of values. For example,

x=[1,2,3,4]
print(x)
y=x #for immutable objects assignment doesn't create new copy 
x[2]=5
print(x,y) # both x&y holds the same list