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diff --git a/CST116-Ch9-Debugging/CST116-Ch9-Debugging.cpp b/CST116-Ch9-Debugging/CST116-Ch9-Debugging.cpp
index eff8980..7d1c10c 100644
--- a/CST116-Ch9-Debugging/CST116-Ch9-Debugging.cpp
+++ b/CST116-Ch9-Debugging/CST116-Ch9-Debugging.cpp
@@ -12,15 +12,19 @@
* 4) Add another watch using &age for the name. This will display
* the address of age.
* 5) Write down the address of age.
+* 0x000000d5558ffb04 {0}
+
* 6) Step Into the code for the function GetAge.
* 7) The execution continues to the function header for GetAge.
* 8) Step into one more time.
* 9) Why did the address of age and value change?
+* It changed because it's now referring to the funcion CalcDays() rather than just the variable by itself
* 10) Step over the cout and cin statements.
* 11) Verify the value entered is stored properly in age.
* 12) Step into until the flow returns to main.
* 13) Step over one more time.
* 14) Why didn't the value entered get transferred back to main?
+* Because the value entered was only for the local variable 'age' inside the function rather than the global variable
* 15) Stop debugging and fix the error.
* 16) Run to Breakpoint 1.
* 17) Step over the function call to GetAge.
@@ -36,6 +40,7 @@
* 4) Step into one more time so that the current line is the
* calculation.
* 5) Why is age greyed out in your watch window?
+* For some reason or another, my variable never turned gray. It just stayed red.
* 6) Stop debugging.
*
* Debugging Exercise 3
@@ -47,6 +52,7 @@
* 4) Step into the PrintResults function.
* 5) Age is 7300? Not even Ralph is that old.
* 6) Why did the values for both variables change?
+* The input variables to the PrintResults function has the wrong order of varaibles, thus swapping their valued.
* 7) Stop debugging and fix the error.
*
* Debugging Exercise 4
@@ -77,12 +83,12 @@ int main()
// Breakpoint 1
// Put breakpoint on the following line
- GetAge();
+ age = GetAge();
days = CalcDays(age);
// Breakpoint 2
// Put breakpoint on the following line
- PrintResults(age, days);
+ PrintResults(days, age);
return 0;
}