Consider the Following Code Snippet: Employee AnEmployee = New Programmer();

question 67

Multiple Choice

Consider the following code snippet: Employee anEmployee = new Programmer() ;
AnEmployee.increaseSalary(2500) ;
If the Programmer class inherits from the Employee class, and both classes have an implementation of the increaseSalary method with the same set of parameters and the same return type, which statement is correct?

• A) The increaseSalary method of the Programmer class will be executed.
• B) The increaseSalary method of the Employee class will be executed.
• C) You must specify in the code which class's increaseSalary method is to be used.
• D) It is not possible to determine which class's method is called.

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The average of all the values in a sample, used as an estimate of the population mean.

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