Why is the maximum value of any color channel 255?

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The maximum value is 255 because each of the color values is stored in 8 bits. The number of patterns we can make with 8 bits is 256 (from 0 to 255).

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Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1. A C++ declaration introduces only an identifier's spelling and specifies its type. 2. A C++ declaration is a definition that also allocates storage for an identifier's value (or function's body etc.). 3. The range of values for an int variable is from about 0 to +2 billion. 4. The names x, y, and z are satisfactory variable names for the lengths of the legs and hypotenuse of a triangle. 5. In C++ you can assign an expression of type int to a variable of type double with no problem.

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Which of the following is not a primitive type?

a. char b. float c. String d. int

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If you include a period in a UNIX file name, the characters following the period are treated as __________.

a. part of the file name b. the file name extension c. you cannot include a period in a UNIX file name d. filler

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What would happen if the call to super.paintComponent were removed from the paintComponent method of the CoordinatesPanel class? Remove it and run the program to test your answer.

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