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    This document contains two sections. Section a defines a method called totalPointsEarned that calculates total points earned based on the number of flights. It applies different point earning logic based on the total miles. Section b proposes a way to add a maximum point value to the method without changing its signature by adding a variable to store the max, a mutator method to change it, and a new method to check the calculated points against the max and cap it if needed.

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    This document contains two sections. Section a defines a method called totalPointsEarned that calculates total points earned based on the number of flights. It applies different point earning logic based on the total miles. Section b proposes a way to add a maximum point value to the method without changing its signature by adding a variable to store the max, a mutator method to change it, and a new method to check the calculated points against the max and cap it if needed.

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    AP Computer Science Exam - Question #2

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    Ethan Kha
    This document contains two sections. Section a defines a method called totalPointsEarned that calculates total points earned based on the number of flights. It applies different point earning logic based on the total miles. Section b proposes a way to add a maximum point value to the method without changing its signature by adding a variable to store the max, a mutator method to change it, and a new method to check the calculated points against the max and cap it if needed.

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    a)
    public static int totalPointsEarned (int numFlights)
    {
    int totalMiles = numFlights * milesTraveled();
    int points = 0;
    if (totalMiles > 10000)
    {
    points += 1000;
    totalMiles -= 1000;
    points += 18000;
    totalMiles -= 9000;
    points += 5 * totalMiles;
    }
    else if (totalMiles <= 10000 && totalMiles > 1000)
    {
    points += 1000;
    totalMiles -= 1000;
    points += 2 * totalMiles;
    }
    else if (totalMiles <= 1000)
    {
    points = totalMiles;
    }
    return points;
    }

    b)
    In order to make a maximum value without changing the signature of
    totalPointsEarned,
    a variable will first need to be made, such as "int maxPoints". Additionally, a
    mutator method will need to be added as well, such as "changeMaxPoints(int new)"
    which
    will change the max value to value "new". In order to incorporate it, a new method
    could be added,
    which checks if the points are over a certain threshold which will be called in
    tangent to the
    "totalPointsEarned()". So, after calculating the points, the max value checker
    method will be called,
    and if the points returned is over the threshold, it will just be set to the max
    value. This avoids
    the problem of changing the method and makes the process a lot of smoother.

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