Case 6-2 Robin Thinks That She Has a Good Handle

question 45

Multiple Choice

Case 6-2 Robin thinks that she has a good handle on the use of compound operators but she wants to do a couple of sample problems just to make certain. In both of the problems below, Robin assumes that intResult = 24. When Robin correctly calculates intResult -=3, what value does she get?

• A) 18
• B) 21
• C) 72
• D) None of the above

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