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write the printtime method for the time class. it takes no arguments and returns nothing. this method should print the time in the format hour:minute:second. for minutes and seconds, if the value is less than 10, display a leading 0. note: in the class definition, the data member that holds the hour value is called hour, the data member that holds the minute value is called minute and the data member that holds the second value is called second.

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The printTime method for the Time class formats the hour, minute, and second values as strings and prints them in the format hour:minute:second, adding a leading zero to minutes and seconds if they are less than 10.

Step-by-step explanation:

To write the printTime method for the Time class that prints out the time in the format hour:minute:second, you must format the hour, minute, and second such that minutes and seconds have a leading zero when they are less than 10. In most programming languages, you can achieve this by using a string formatter or by checking if the value is less than 10 and then adding a '0' before the value. Here is an example of how the method might look in a generic programming language:

public void printTime() {
String hourString = Integer.toString(hour);
String minuteString = minute < 10 ? "0" + minute : Integer.toString(minute);
String secondString = second < 10 ? "0" + second : Integer.toString(second);

System.out.println(hourString + ":" + minuteString + ":" + secondString);
}

You would need to substitute the System.out.println with an equivalent function if you're using a language other than Java, such as print in Python or cout in C++.

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