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This AP Computer Science drill asks what the value of Num2 is after a specific code is executed.

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Thank you We sneak And here's your shmoop du jour

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brought to you by flooring values but not the kind

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you find at the used carpet place All right what

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is the value of numb to after the following code

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is executed All right And here the potential answers Here

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we go It looks like that bit of code converts

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to a value from its initial data type of double

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two imager than to double again and back to imager

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So the key here is in knowing what happens the

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values when you convert values between data types but wait

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isn't a number just a number Well why is the

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imager six eight four four different from the double six

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eight for four why're there different data types at all

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Well the answer lies in your computer's memory or more

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accurately how your computer treats these different types Imagers air

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pretty simple data types They use thirty two bits four

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bites of memory to store a numeric value ranging from

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around two million ish or so to negative two million

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ish space is limited however so there's no room in

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those thirty two bits to stored decimals it's all whole

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numbers A double uses twice the amount of computer memory

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Sixty four bits or eight bites Now there's room for

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decimals and way way larger values But at what cost

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Well because computer memory is not infinite all those bits

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at if we're not calculating extremely large numbers or decimal

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values in our program were probably wasting our memory by

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using doubles Another important thing to know is when you

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converted data type with a decimal such as a double

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to an imager you not only lose the decimal but

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the number is floored rather than rounding to the nearest

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number That means even if you're converting a double like

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four point nine three into an imager it comes out

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to four rather than the five you might have otherwise

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expected So think of it like a huge gnarly acts

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like sing the numbers decimal point off with no regard

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for what's on the right side of it Yeah you

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ever been to a circumcision been like that now let's

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get to the bottom of our problem starting with the

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innermost parenthesis into being negative Three point five gives us

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negative three because again we're flooring it and watch your

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fingers or other important body parts Then we do negative

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three times point five and convert it to a double

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so that'll be negative One point five negative one point

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five converted to an injurious florid against we get negative

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one and our answer is b and hey watch Where 00:02:30.46 --> [endTime] you're swinging that thing pal

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