with the cout object used to display the contents of one of the variables.
#include <iostream> using namespace std; int main()//from www. j ava 2s. c o m { double grade1; // declare grade1 as a double variable double grade2; // declare grade2 as a double variable double total; // declare total as a double variable double average; // declare average as a double variable grade1 = 85.5; grade2 = 97.0; total = grade1 + grade2; average = total/2.0; // divide the total by 2.0 cout << "The average grade is " << average << endl; return 0; }