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AP Computer Science A· difficulty 3/5

public class Demo {
    private int x = 10;
    public int compute() {
        int x = 5;
        return x;
    }
}
// ...
Demo d = new Demo();
System.out.println(d.compute());

What is printed?

A
$15$
B
$10$
C
$5$
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D
$Compile-time error$

Explanation

The local variable x shadows the instance variable inside compute, so the local x with value 5 is returned.

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