Question

Goal: Learn to write more complex while loops.

Assignment: The Collatz Conjecture is an unresolved mathematical problem that states:

Given the series starting from $n,$ a positive integer number, the $i-$th number is either $0\mathrm{.}5$ times the $i-1-$th number if

that number is even, or $3$ times the $i-1-$th number plus $1$ if that number is odd. For any number $n,$ the series

reaches $1.$

Write some code that uses a while loop to compute how many iterations the series takes to reach $1.$ Assume $n$ is

already defined. Assign the result to the variable iterations.