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Language/Type: Java file processing Scanner
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Write a method named runningSum that accepts as a parameter a Scanner holding a sequence of real numbers and that outputs the running sum of the numbers followed by the maximum running sum. In other words, the nth number that you report should be the sum of the first n numbers in the Scanner and the maximum that you report should be the largest such value that you report. For example if the Scanner contains the following data: 

3.25 4.5 -8.25 7.25 3.5 4.25 -6.5 5.25

Your method should produce the following output: 

running sum = 3.25 7.75 -0.5 6.75 10.25 14.5 8.0 13.25
max sum = 14.5

The first number reported is the same as the first number in the Scanner, 3.25. The second number reported is the sum of the first two numbers in the Scanner, 3.25 + 4.5. The third number reported is the sum of the first three numbers in the Scanner, 3.25 + 4.5 + -8.25. And so on. The maximum of these running sum values is 14.5, which is reported on the second line of output. You may assume that there is at least one number to read.

Method: Write a Java method as described, not a complete program or class.

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