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1. Why is top down design beneficial. Compare this type of design to another type of design you known.

2. This and that is a powerful keyword used in Java. How is it used and why is it so beneficial? Give an example in your explanation.

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This solution provides a detailed discussion of the concept of top-down design and compares that with bottom-up design. It also discusses the use of the "this" keyword in Java.

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1. Why is top down design beneficial. Compare this type of design to another type of design you known.

Top down design is very useful because is allows for a "divide and
conquer" approach to problem solving. The developer starts by looking
at the big picture and defines the major parts to the problem, then
each individual piece is looked at and the process is repeated.

A good non-programming example is the task of traveling from one city
to another by air. At the highest level the tasks are:

1) get from the house to the airport
2) fly from one city to the other
3) get from the airport to the hotel

Now each ...

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