Question

What is the final amount stored in value if the computer selects 17 as the

Answer 1

Answer: -17

Explanation:

Our random number is 17. Let's go through line by line.

1. value is a random number picked which is 17
2. valueB = 17 / 2 = 8.5
3. If value is greater than 0 AND value has a remainder of 1, we will set the value to value* -1.
4. Value is now 17 * -1 = -17

Let's quickly calculate value mod 2. 17 % 2 = is 1. If you're wondering how we did that, the remainder after dividing 8 into 17 twice is 1, because 17 - 16 = 1.

We stop after line 4 because we stop the conditional statement after one condition is filled.