need help

Question

Write a function that accepts two integers (a,b), it should sum up all the numbers from a to b (inclusive of a and b) and then return the sum divided by 2 as a float.

Examples:

Input a=2, b=5
Output: 7.0

Input a=7, b=9
Output: 12.0

Starting code:

def looping_sum(a: int, b: int):
sum=0
#enter code here
print(looping_sum(2,5))
print(looping_sum(7,9)

Answer 1

What type of help you need there?
What you tried so far to solve it?

Use a loop repeat from a to b+1 , add value to sum , return sum after loop.