[quote][code]void showCookTimeForTurkey (int pounds)
{
int necessaryMinutes = 15 + 15 * pounds;
printf (“Cook for %d minutes.\n”, necessaryMinutes);
}
int main (int argc, const char * argv[])
{
…
showCookTimeForTurkey (turkeyWeight);
…
}
[/code][/quote]
The value of the argument (turkeyWeight) you call the function with is passed to the function under the name pounds.
Hi i want to understand how does the answer 150 minutes come across?
As this says " int necessaryMinutes = 15 + 15 * pounds; " (does ’ * ’ mean multiplication ?, even if this does means multiply so that would be 15 + 15 x 9(turkey weight) which does not sum upto 150 )
int totalWeight = 10;
int gibletsWeight = 1;
int turkeyWeight = totalWeight - gibletsWeight;
showCookTimeForTurkey(turkeyWeight);
this is clear how the answer comes to 9 for the turkey weight but i am confused how the answer sums up to 150mins?
some help would be appreciated.
the code is below.
Thanks #include <stdio.h>
void showCookTimeForTurkey (int pounds)
{
int necessaryMinutes = 15 + 15 * pounds;
printf("cook for %d minutes.\n", necessaryMinutes);
}
int main(int argc, const char * argv[]) {
int totalWeight = 10;
int gibletsWeight = 1;
int turkeyWeight = totalWeight - gibletsWeight;
showCookTimeForTurkey(turkeyWeight);
return 0;
15 + 15 x 9 = 15 x (1 + 9) = 15 x 10 = 150[/quote]
Thank you for the reply.
I did not understand that well enough.
From what i understand that turkey weight = 9 after deducting, “15 + 15 * pounds” sums to 150 as 15 x 9 = 135 + 15 = 150,
in a case it would have been int nesscary minutes = (15 + 15) x 9 the answer would have been different as in this case it sums upto 30 and then multiplies by 9.
[quote]in a case it would have been int nesscary minutes = (15 + 15) x 9 the answer would have been different as in this case it sums upto 30 and then multiplies by 9.
Have i understood this correctly?
[/quote]
Yes.
However, because ‘*’ operator has higher precedence, the above statement can also be written as:
[quote=“ibex10”][quote]in a case it would have been int nesscary minutes = (15 + 15) x 9 the answer would have been different as in this case it sums upto 30 and then multiplies by 9.
Have i understood this correctly?
[/quote]
Yes.
However, because ‘*’ operator has higher precedence, the above statement can also be written as: