For the questions below, assume that Poodle is a derived class of Dog and that Dog d = new Dog(...) and Poodle p = new Poodle(...) where the ... are the necessary parameters for the two classes.
-The assignment statement p = d; is legal even though p is not a Dog.

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Since Poodle extends Dog, Dog is known as a wider class (Poodle is more specific, and therefore narrower). In any assignment statement, it is possible to take a narrower item and assign it into a wider variable, but it is not possible to assign a wider item into a narrower variable. To accomplish this, a cast must be explicitly made. So, the statement p = d; is illegal although the statement p = (Poodle) d; would be legal.

For the Questions Below, Assume That Poodle Is a Derived