Question

Jason stated that -8.0 IS NOT an integer because it had a decimal.is he correct? Why or why not

Answer 1

Explanation:

The perimeter of a square clock is 16 6/9 inches.

The perimeter of a rectangular clock is 16 16/18 inches

Write an inequality comparing the two perimeter

Answer 2

Yes He is Correct!

Explanation:

-8.0 is not an integer, because it contains a decimal point. Just having a decimal point changes the type from integer to double. A “whole number” isn’t really defined in the context of programming, so for that I suppose one would default to the mathematical definition.