4.3 - Forward and Backward propagation - m?

Course Q&A Deep Learning Specialization Neural Networks and Deep Learning
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I managed to solve this exercise but dont understand why we are using m = X.shape[1] as the number of elements to be divided instead of X.size or Y.size?

2

I suppose you could, but the common strategy in this course is to use the object’s shape.

3

Thanks TMosh - then shouldnt we use X.shape?

4

If you’re using numpy, then the shape method seems to be preferred.

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Thank You