What is wrong with the following code snippet? public class Area { public static void main(String[] args) { int width = 10; height = 20.00; System.out.println("area = " + (width * height)); }}

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Prepare for the Arizona State University CSE110 Exam 1. Study with flashcards and multiple choice questions, each question has hints and explanations. Get ready for success!

The correct choice highlights that the code snippet uses an undeclared variable. In the provided code, the variable height is being used without being declared first. In Java, every variable must be declared before it is used, which involves specifying its type. Since height is not initialized with a type declaration (such as int or double), the code would result in a compilation error, indicating that height is an undeclared variable.

The other options do not properly address the primary issue in the code. The code does not actually have any uninitialized variables, nor does it attempt to assign a decimal value to an integer variable. Furthermore, there is no attempt to add a number to a string variable in a manner that would cause an error; the operation being performed is valid as the arithmetic operation is properly enclosed within parentheses, and since string concatenation is allowed in this context, it would not generate a runtime error related to that.

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