Does the method call in the following method cause compile errors?

```
public static void main(String[] args) {
Math.pow(2, 4);
}
```

a. Yes
b. No

b. No
A value-returning method can also be invoked as a statement in Java. In this case, the caller simply ignores the return value. This is rare, but permissible if the caller is not interested in the return value.