How many different insertion sequences of the key values using the hash function h(k) = k mod 10 and linear probing will result in the hash table shown below?
(A)
10
(B)
20
(C)
30
(D)
40
Answer: (C)
Explanation:
In a valid insertion sequence, the elements 42, 23 and 34 must appear before 52 and 33, and 46 must appear before 33.
Total number of different sequences = 3! x 5 = 30
In the above expression, 3! is for elements 42, 23 and 34 as they can appear in any order, and 5 is for element 46 as it can appear at 5 different places.
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