Question #cac52

1 Answer
Mar 15, 2017

"sum + = 47"

Explanation:

As you know, the C++ statement

"sum" = "sum" + 47

is equivalent to

"the new value of sum" = "the old value of sum" + 47

In other words, the variable that is added to the left of the = sign is being assigned the value that is added to the right of the = sign.

In this case, for every iteration, the value of the variable "sum" increases by 47.

Now, you can write this using a single arithmetic assignment operator like this

"sum + = 47"

This is equivalent to saying that with every iteration, the variable that is added to the left increase by the value added to the right of the = sign.

In this notation, the fact that the value assigned to the variable is increasing by 47 is being added to the left of the = sign.