Both child class and its parent class have same function signature. Which version of function will be called by the object pointer of parent class that is pointing to the child class’s object? Explain the reason. When do we need to use virtual function? Explain with example program

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Both child class and its parent class have same function signature. Which version of function will be called by the object pointer of parent class that is pointing to the child class’s object? Explain the reason. When do we need to use virtual function? Explain with example program

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