What is the significance of using instanceOf operator and getClass() in equals method?

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All of the above

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InstanceOf can return true for comparing current class with its subclass as well

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getClass() can return true only if exactly same class is compared

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getClass() can return false when compared with subclass

Q. What is the significance of using instanceOf operator and getClass() in equals method?