Explain the difference between an implicit type cast and an explicit type cast.

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A type cast takes a value of one type and produces a value of another type. Java supports
two kinds of type casts: explicit and implicit. Java performs an implicit type cast automatically.
This can be seen in the declaration of a variable of type double that is assigned an integer value.
double castExample = 72;
The integer value assigned to the variable castExample is automatically converted to a floating point
number. The number assigned to castExample is converted to 72.0.
An explicit type cast occurs when the programmer explicitly forces a value of one type into a value
of another type. In the example that follows, the value 72.5 is explicitly cast into an integer value.
int castExample = (int) 72.5;