Programming Logic and Design, Introductory 7th Edition by Joyce Farrell

Exercise 5

Assume that income = 8 and expense = 6. What is the value of each of the following expressions?

a. income + expense * 2

b. income + 4 – expense / 2

c. (income + expense) * 2

d. income – 3 * 2 + expense

e. 4 * ((income – expense) + 2) + 10

Step 1 of 6

Precedence and associativity of the operators:

The precedence and associativity of operators is given below:

Symbol	Name	Precedence	Associativity
=	Assignment	Lowest	Right-to-Left
+	Addition	Medium	Left-to-Right
–	Subtraction	Medium	Left-to-Right
*	Multiplication	Highest	Left-to-Right
/	Division	Highest	Left-to-Right