What will be the output value of the variable printed in the following code: printf("The value of f(a[2]) is: %d\n", a[2]); where a[] = {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10}?

In the provided code, the statement printf("The value of f(a[2]) is: %d\n", a[2]); is designed to print the value of the element at index 2 of the array a[]. The array is defined as a[] = {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10}.

In C programming, array indexing starts from zero. Therefore, the element at index 0 is 1, at index 1 is 2, and at index 2 is 3. This means that when the code references a[2], it retrieves the third element of the array, which is 3.

Thus, the printed output of the code will show "The value of f(a[2]) is: 3", confirming that the correct value to be printed is indeed 3.