Access Nested Dictionary Data

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Open the contacts app on your phone. You look up a person by name and get their phone number. You don't search by position - you don't say "give me contact number 47." You search by name.

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A nested dictionary of students is given. Loop through each student and print their name and math score in this format:

Alice: 95
Bob: 82
Charlie: 91

students = {

'Alice': {'math': 95, 'english': 88},

'Bob': {'math': 82, 'english': 90},

'Charlie': {'math': 91, 'english': 85},

}

# Loop and print each student's math score

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