Suppose You Are Developing a Payroll Application That Computes and Displays

question 21

Multiple Choice

Suppose you are developing a payroll application that computes and displays weekly paycheck amounts for various employees. As a result of the design phase, the partial Employee class below is developed. Select the method header that best completes the class, according to the method comments. public class Employee
{
Private double hourlyRate;
Private int hoursWorked;
/**
Modifies the hourly rate for this employee.
@param newHourlyRate the rate per hour earned by the employee
*/
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{
// method body
}
}

• A) public void changeRate(double newHourlyRate)
• B) public void changeRate(double newHourlyRate, int hoursWorked)
• C) public double changeRate(double newHourlyRate)
• D) public double changeRate(double newHourlyRate, int hoursWorked)

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Net Operating Income

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