Within a production network, what is the purpose of configuring a switch with a default gateway address?

Hosts that are connected to the switch can use the switch default gateway address to forward packets to a remote destination.

The default gateway address is used to forward packets originating from the switch to remote networks.

It provides a next$-$hop address for all traffic that flows through the switch.

A switch must have a default gateway to be accessible by Telnet and SSH$.$