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What is the calculated value and primitive type of the expression "7 / 2"?

a) 3.5, double
b) 3, int
c) 3.5, float
d) 3, float

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Final answer:

The expression "7 / 2" performed with integer division will result in 3 with a primitive type of int. This occurs because the division of two integers truncates any decimal portion, rounding down to the nearest whole number.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question is asking about the result of a division operation between two integers in programming. In most programming languages, when you divide an integer by an integer, the result will be an integer as well. Therefore, the expression "7 / 2" will result in an integer division. Because we're not including any decimal or float indicators in the expression, it won't give us a floating-point result, but a whole number by discarding any remainder.

The correct answer is b) 3, int. The calculated value is 3 because integer division rounds down to the nearest whole number. The primitive type is int because both operands are integers. If you wanted the result to be a floating-point number, one or both of the operands would need to be specified as a float or double, for example, 7.0 / 2 or 7 / 2.0, which would give the result 3.5.

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