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What will be the value of input_value after this code is executed if the value 6 is entered at the keyboard?

int input_value;
cin >> input_value;
if (input_value > 5)
input_value = input_value + 5;
else if (input_value > 2)
input_value = input_value + 10;
else
input_value = input_value + 12;

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Final answer:

The value of input_value will be 11 after the given code executes with an input of 6, as the condition in the first if statement is true, leading to an increase by 5.

Step-by-step explanation:

The value of input_value after the code is executed will be 11 when the value 6 is entered.Since the input_value starts at 6, which is greater than 5, the condition in the first if statement is true. Therefore, the statement input_value = input_value + 5 is executed, adding 5 to the original input_value of 6, resulting in an input_value of 11. The else if and else statements are not executed because the first condition was met and only one block of the conditional structure (if-else if-else) executes, based on the first true condition.

The code first takes an input value from the user using the cin function. If the input value is greater than 5, it adds 5 to the value. If the input value is not greater than 5, but is greater than 2, it adds 10. If neither of these conditions are met, it adds 12. In this case, since the input value is 6 which is greater than 5, it adds 5 and the final value becomes 11.

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