The result will always be 4 because the first four lines of code gets a number , where , and the last line subtracts from .. therefore leaving us with the value .
The effect of each line is explained below:
<em>secret_num </em>= 10
Assigns the value 10 to <em>secret_num</em>
<em>temp</em> = <em>secret_num</em> + 8
Stores the value 18 in <em>temp</em>
<em>temp</em> = <em>temp</em> * 2
Stores the value 36 in <em>temp</em>
<em>temp</em> = <em>temp</em> / 4
Stores the value 9 in <em>temp</em>
<em>answer</em> = <em>temp</em> - <em>secret_num</em> / 2
Stores the value 4 in <em>answer</em>
If the reasoning were done algebraically, we would have
Where the bracket nesting reflects the sequence of operations that led to the final answer in the code
Writing it mathematically, and simplifying
We see that at the end, no matter what the value of <em>secret_num</em> was, the <em>secret_num</em> term still cancels out, leaving us with 4.
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