# Use sorted() with a lambda key to sort the list of tuples [('Charlie', 25), ('Alice', 30), ('Bob', 2

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Domain: Python · Difficulty: medium

## Problem

Use sorted() with a lambda key to sort the list of tuples [('Charlie', 25), ('Alice', 30), ('Bob', 20)] by the second element (age). Print the sorted list.

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