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#include <stdio.h> int main(void) { float funds = 1.0, cost = 0.1; int candies = 0; while(cost <= funds)...

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#include
int main(void) {
float funds = 1.0, cost = 0.1;
int candies = 0;
while(cost <= funds) {
candies += 1;
funds -= cost;
cost += 0.1;
}
printf(\"%d candies with $%.2f left over.\n\",candies,funds);
return 0;
}

When you compile and run this code you get 3 candies with $0.40left over.

Without knowing how floating point numbers work in a computer,would this result be expected? Explain why or why not. Explain whythis result, in fact, occurred.

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In the computer system the floatingpoint number is representedby using IEEE floatingpoint representationThe float data type in Programming Language C is    See Answer
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