What is inheritance?  Include in your response the terms derived class, base class, attributes, and behaviors.

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Inheritance refers to the fact that you can create one class from another class.  The new class, called the derived class, inherits the attributes and behaviors of the original class, called the base class.  Note that once the derived class inherits all of the attributes and behaviors of the base class, the newly created derived class can be modified.

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(Craps Game Modification) Modify the program of Fig. 5.10 to play 1000 games of craps. The program should keep track of the statistics and answer the following questions:

a) How many games are won on the 1st roll, 2nd roll, ..., 20th roll, and after the 20th roll? b) How many games are lost on the 1st roll, 2nd roll, ..., 20th roll, and after the 20th roll? c) What are the chances of winning at craps? [Note: You should discover that craps is one of the fairest casino games. What do you suppose this means?] d) What is the average length of a game of craps? e) Do the chances of winning improve with the length of the game?

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Describe the main difference between deontological ethics theories and consequentialist theories.

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In the ____ letter style, all components of the letter begin flush with the left margin.

A. modified block style B. block style C. modified semi-block style D. all of the above

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A specific song from a CD is known as a(n) ________

A) track B) object C) audio selection D) sector

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