Big Java Late Objects
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ISBN: 9781119330455
Author: Horstmann
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Chapter 5.9, Problem 37SC
Consider this recursive method:
public static int mystery(int n)
{
if (n <= 0) { return 0; }
return n + mystery(n - 1);
}
What is mystery(4)?
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