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+# Lecture 26 ---  C++ Inheritance and Polymorphism
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+## Today’s Lecture
+
+- Inheritance is a relationship among classes. Examples: bank accounts, polygons, stack & list
+- Basic mechanisms of inheritance
+- Types of inheritance
+- Is-A, Has-A, As-A relationships among classes.
+- Polymorphism
+
+## 26.1 Motivating Example: Bank Accounts
+