Question

Please help

Consider the following code segment.

int a = 0;
int b = 3;

while ((b != 0) && ((a / b) >= 0)
{
a = a + 2;
b = b - 1;
}
What are the values of a and b after the while loop completes its execution?

a = 4, b = 1
a = 0, b = 3
a = 6, b = 0
a = 8, b = -1

Answer 1

a = 6, b = 0

Step-by-step explanation:

The loop ran 3 times before b == 0. The statement "while ((b != 0)" is essentially saying: 'While b is not equal to 0, do what's in my loop'. Same general thing with "&& ((a / b) >= 0)". The "&&" is specifying that there should be another loop condition. The final part of the while loop states: 'as long as a ÷ b is greater than 0, do what's in my loop'. If all of these conditions are met, the loop will run. It will continue to run until at least one of the conditions are not met.

Side note: I can't help but notice you posted the same question a while ago, so I just copied and pasted my previous response with some tweaking here and there. Hope this helps you! :)