The answer would be 5 even though it seems as if the variable was declared within a function and can't be accessed outside of it. This is because

var first = second = 5;

is interpreted the following way:

var first = second;
second = 5;

But second is not declared anywhere in the function with var so it is set equal to 5 in the global scope.

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