Given the following code snippet, what will be the

Solution

In the provided code snippet, the findMax function is designed to find the maximum value in an array. It initializes max_val with the first element of the array and iterates through each element. If it finds an element greater than max_val, it updates max_val. For the input [1, 5, 3, 9, 2], the function correctly identifies 9 as the maximum value, which is returned and printed. Why Other Options Are Wrong: A) 1: This option is incorrect because 1 is the initial value of max_val, but it is not the maximum value in the array. B) 5: This option suggests that 5 is the maximum, which is incorrect as the loop finds 9 to be greater than 5. D) 3: This option is incorrect because 3 is neither the maximum value nor is it greater than any of the subsequent numbers in the array. E) 2: This option is incorrect as 2 is the smallest number among the last two elements in the array and does not represent the maximum.