a) Given a double "base" and a "double" height describing the base and height of a triangle, write a statement that declares a variable "area" of an appropriate type and assigns it the value of an expression that calculates the area of the triangle.

b) Write a series of Java statements to produce the following output:

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c) Give the values of i, j, and k after executing the following series of Java statements:

int i = 8; int j = 4; int k = 6; int x = i + j + k;

i = x - i - j; j = x - j - k; k = x - i - k;