Division
5 / 2 = 2 -- the remainder is discarded.
What is the value of ticketsPerPerson after this code is executed?
int tickets = 5;
int people = 2;
int ticketsPerPerson = tickets / people;
2
Since both the numerator and denominator are integers, the statement on line 4 performs integer division. The remainder or decimal code is discarded and only the integer portion of the answer is returned.
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