Question

which data type would most appropriately be used to represent the following data values?
a. The number of months in a year
b. The area of a circle
c. The current minimum wage
d. The approximate age of the universe (12,000,000,000 years)
e. Your name

Answer 1

Here's an appropriate data type for each of the given data values:

a. **The number of months in a year**: **Integer** (the value is a whole number, specifically 12).

b. **The area of a circle**: **Floating-point number** (the area can be a decimal value, depending on the radius).

c. **The current minimum wage**: **Floating-point number** or **Decimal** (the minimum wage can be a non-integer value, involving cents).

d. **The approximate age of the universe (12,000,000,000 years)**: **Integer** (even though this number is large, it is still a whole number).

e. **Your name**: **String** (names are represented as sequences of characters).

To summarize:
- a: Integer
- b: Floating-point number
- c: Floating-point number or Decimal
- d: Integer
- e: String