Plz tell me why the output is 16 ? I thought it would be 12

Question

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main() {
int a=2;
int b=++a;
int c=++b;
a=b*c;
cout<<a;
return 0;
}

Plz explain 🙏

Answer 1

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main() {
int a=2;
int b=++a; //b=3, a=3
int c=++b; //c=4, b=4
a=b*c;// a=4*4=16
cout<<a;
return 0;
}

Answer 2

Arun Ruban SJ Ok... Got it 👍
Thanks for explaining