Question 24

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Consider a hash table

that is initially empty. The hash table is maintained using open addressing with linear probe. The hash function used is

.
Consider the following sequence of insertions performed on

:

Which of the following positions in the hash table is/are empty after these insertions are performed?
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GATE CSE 2026 · Paper 1

Computer Science and Information Technology · Original paper archive

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