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Arithmetic expressions containing a null value evaluate to null.

  1. True

  2. False
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Arithmetic expressions with null values evaluate to null because null represents unknown/missing data. Any operation involving null propagates the null - for example, 5 + NULL or 10 * NULL both return NULL, not 5 or 0. This is standard SQL behavior.

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