When the declaration int y = 5; is followed by the assignment y += 3.3; the value of y is _______________.

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8 [Note: You might expect a compilation error on the assignment statement. The Java Language Specification says that compound assignment operators perform an implic- it cast on the right-hand expression’s value to match the type of the variable on the operator’s left side. So the calculated value 5 + 3.3 = 8.3 is actually cast to the int value 8.].