def add_numbers(x, y):
"""
This function takes two numbers as input and returns their sum.
"""
return x + y
# Example usage of the add_numbers function
result = add_numbers(3, 5)
print(result) # Output: 8
add_numbers
` that takes two parameters, `x
` and `y
`. Inside the function, we simply return the sum of the two numbers. 3
` and `5
`, and assign the result to a variable called `result
`. Finally, we print the value of `result
`, which is `8
`.