Revive the Dead Computation

Easy

Fix scaledSum so it returns the computed result instead of the unused fallback variable. Before you fix it, switch the assembly panel to -O2 and notice that the (a + b) * 3 computation is completely absent: because nothing observable depends on result, dead code elimination removed it. After the fix, the computation appears in the listing. Compare the two versions.

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