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    Inheritance allows object-oriented programs to reuse code by establishing subtypes of objects. A superclass provides methods and data to subclasses, which borrow this behavior. In Python, a subclass inherits all methods and data from its parent superclass, such as a Triangle subclass inheriting from a Shape superclass. The Shape class's area method serves as a promise that subclasses like Triangle will implement their own area functions.

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    Inheritance allows object-oriented programs to reuse code by establishing subtypes of objects. A superclass provides methods and data to subclasses, which borrow this behavior. In Python, a subclass inherits all methods and data from its parent superclass, such as a Triangle subclass inheriting from a Shape superclass. The Shape class's area method serves as a promise that subclasses like Triangle will implement their own area functions.

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    Inheritance allows object-oriented programs to reuse code by establishing subtypes of objects. A superclass provides methods and data to subclasses, which borrow this behavior. In Python, a subclass inherits all methods and data from its parent superclass, such as a Triangle subclass inheriting from a Shape superclass. The Shape class's area method serves as a promise that subclasses like Triangle will implement their own area functions.

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    Inheritance: -way to re-use code in object oriented programming -establishes sub-types of objects

    superclass: subclasses:

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    superclass: subsclasses: Circle

    Shape Square Triangle

    Subclass: borrows behavior (methods and data) from its parent superclass Superclass: Gives behavior (methods and data) to its child subclass In Python: class Shape: <methods & data> class Triangle(Shape) <methods & data> #all methods and data from Shape class are part of the Triangle class; they are inherited from #the parent Look at example of area method in Shape project code, and describe how the area function in the Shape class serves as a promise that an area function will be implemented in each child subclass.

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