diff --git a/.DS_Store b/.DS_Store
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diff --git a/friend_functions.py b/friend_functions.py
index 6f5ecf7..c0cd62c 100644
--- a/friend_functions.py
+++ b/friend_functions.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 # Your job is to complete these functions. Remove the NotImplementedError from
 # each and instead write code which returns the expected values. 
 
-def count_people(people):
+def count_people(people: dict):
     """Counts the number of people. 
     
         >>> count_people(family)
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def count_people(people):
         >>> count_people(friends)
         10
     """
-    raise NotImplementedError()
+    return len(people)
 
 def get_email(people, name):
     """Returns the named person's email address. If there is no such person, returns None.