How to use union in the real world?

To overcome such type of real world problems we use union. Unlike structures union occupies single memory location to store all its members. So, unions are helpful when you want to store value in single member from a set of members. Size of union is defined according to size of largest member data type.

Step-by-step explanation:

In union, all members share the same memory location. For example in the following C program, both x and y share the same location. If we change x, we can see the changes being reflected in y. #include <stdio.h> // Declaration of union is same as structures.

answer: city needs 2.4 inches of rainfall more to match the record of 40 inches.

step-by-step explanation:

since we have given that

total annual rainfall a city record = 40 inches

this year, total rainfall recorded = 37.6 inches

number of inches of rainfall   is needed to match the record of 40 inches is given by

hence, city needs 2.4 inches of rainfall more to match the record of 40 inches.