Q. What is the output of the following code snippet? int x = 10; int y = 20; cout << (x ^= y);
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(A)
10
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(B)
20
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(C)
30
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(D)
Error
✅ Correct Answer: (C)
30
Explanation: The compound assignment operator (^=) performs a bitwise XOR operation between x and y and returns the new value of x, which is 30.