need help, student

[jeckel7234]

Im taking my first comp science class and am having some trouble understanding c++

I'm going through some hw now and ive been stuck on this question for a while can anyone help explain this?

What output would be displayed by the program if the data entered is 3.0 and 5.0:

// assume a and b are float variables
cout << "Enter two numbers: "';
cin >> a >> b;
a = a - 5.0;
b = a * b;
cout << "a = " << a << endl;
cout << "b = " << b << endl;

It then asks what the 1st and 2nd output lines are?

Thanks again

[georgep]

This sort of thing should be posted in the beginner forum: http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/beginner/

You should use code tags when you post source code.

The output is going to be

a= -2
b= -10

Is that the exact wording of the second question? It sounds like they are asking the same thing again, which doesn't make sense.

[jeckel7234]

yea thats the entire question and sorry for not placing it in the beginners section