Option B: Bank Account Manager I wanted to create a Bank Account Manager simulation that tracks financial transactions over a month.

public class BankAccountManager {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // Initial account setup
        int balance = 5000;
        int transactions = 0;
        
        System.out.println("=== BANK ACCOUNT MANAGER ===\n");
        System.out.println("Starting balance: $" + balance + "\n");
        
        // Salary deposit
        balance += 3500;
        transactions++;
        System.out.println("Salary deposited: $" + balance);
        
        // Rent payment
        balance -= 1800;
        transactions++;
        System.out.println("Rent paid: $" + balance);
        
        // Groceries
        balance -= 450;
        transactions++;
        System.out.println("Groceries: $" + balance);
        
        // Apply 1.5% interest (multiply by 1.015)
        balance *= 1.015;
        System.out.println("Interest applied: $" + balance);
        
        // Calculate average spent per transaction
        int totalSpent = 1800 + 450;
        int avgSpent = totalSpent / transactions;
        System.out.println("Average spent: $" + avgSpent);
        
        // Check account tier eligibility
        int tier = balance % 5;
        System.out.println("Tier check: " + tier);
        
        System.out.println("\n=== FINAL SUMMARY ===");
        System.out.println("Transactions: " + transactions);
        System.out.println("Final balance: $" + balance);
    }
}

=== BANK ACCOUNT MANAGER ===

Starting balance: $5000

 Salary deposited: $8500
 Rent paid: $6700
 Groceries: $6250
 Interest applied: $6343
 Average spent: $750
 Tier check: 3

=== FINAL SUMMARY ===
Transactions: 3
Final balance: $6343

Popcorn Hack #1 Original Code:

int playerScore = 1000;
int playerHealth = 100;
int enemiesDefeated = 0;

// Player defeats an enemy worth 250 points
playerScore = playerScore + 250;

// Player takes 15 damage
playerHealth = playerHealth - 15;

// Enemy count goes up
enemiesDefeated = enemiesDefeated + 1;

// Boss battle: double the current score!
playerScore = playerScore * 2;

// Healing potion restores health to 80% of current
playerHealth = playerHealth * 4;
playerHealth = playerHealth / 5;

Transformed Code:

int playerScore = 1000;
int playerHealth = 100;
int enemiesDefeated = 0;

// Player defeats an enemy worth 250 points
playerScore += 250;

// Player takes 15 damage
playerHealth -= 15;

// Enemy count goes up
enemiesDefeated++;

// Boss battle: double the current score!
playerScore *= 2;

// Healing potion restores health to 80% of current
playerHealth *= 4;
playerHealth /= 5;

Popcorn Hack #2

public class ScoreTracker {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        int score = 100;
        
        System.out.println("Starting score: " + score);
        
        // Wrong answer penalty
        score -= 25;
        System.out.println("After wrong answer: " + score);
        
        // Power-up doubles the score
        score *= 2;
        System.out.println("After power-up: " + score);
        
        // Find remainder after dividing by 7
        score %= 7;
        System.out.println("After modulo 7: " + score);
    }
}

Output:

Starting score: 100 After wrong answer: 75 After power-up: 150 After modulo 7: 3