What is the result?

The following SAS program is submitted:

data work.retail;

cost = ‘20000’;

total= .10* cost

run;

What is the result?
A . The value of the variable TOTAL in the output data set is 2000.
No messages are written to the SAS log.
B . The value of the variable TOTAL in the output data set is 2000.
A note that conversion has taken place is written to the SAS log.
C . The value of the variable TOTAL in the output data set is missing.
An error message is written to the SAS log.
D . The variable TOTAL in the output data set has no value.
The program fails to execute due to a syntax error.

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Answer: B