When you work with a dereferenced pointer, you are actually working with
A) a variable whose memory has been deallocated.
B) a copy of the value pointed to by the pointer variable.
C) the variable whose address is stored in the pointer variable.
D) All of the above
E) None of the above

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When you dereference a pointer, you are accessing the value stored in the memory location pointed to by the pointer. This means you are actually working with the variable whose address is stored in the pointer, not a copy of the value or a deallocated memory location. Therefore, option C is the correct choice.

When You Work with a Dereferenced Pointer, You Are Actually