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Consider a disk queue with requests for I/O to blocks on cylinders 98, 183, 37, 122, 14, 124, 65, 67. Suppose SSTF disk scheduling algorithm implemented to meet the requests then the total number of head movements are ................... if the disk head is initially at 53.

a.

224

b.

248

c.

236

d.

240

Answer: (c).236

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