Question

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Consider the program segment below. Assume k is a positive number.

for (int i = 2; i <= k; i++)
if (nums[i] < someValue)
System.out.println("FOUND");
What is the maximum number of times FOUND can be printed?

Group of answer choices

k - 1

1

0

k

k - 2

Answer 1

Answer:

k - 1 times

Explanation:

Given

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Required

Maximum number of times, the print statement is executed

From the iteration, we have: i = 2; i<=k; i++

This means that; i = 2 to k

Say: $k = 5$

$i = 2, 3,4,5$ (4 values) i.e. 5 - 1

Say $k = 10$

$i = 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10$ (9 values) i.e. 10 - 1

So, the maximum number of times is k - 1