Given the Following Code Segment, What Is the Output

question 2

Multiple Choice

Given the following code segment, what is the output?
int x = 1, y = 1, z = 1;
y = y + z;
x = x + y;
cout << "result = " << (x < y ? y : x) << endl;

• A) result = 0
• B) result = 1
• C) result = 2
• D) result = 3
• E) there will be no output

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Definitions:

Income Statement

A financial statement that shows a company's revenues and expenses over a specified period, resulting in net profit or loss.

Debit Entries

Accounting entries that increase an asset or expense account, or decrease a liability or equity account.

Credit Entries

Bookkeeping records that increase liabilities or equity or decrease assets on a company's balance sheet.

Liability Account

A financial accounting account that represents obligations to pay debts or amounts owed to others.