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Which of the following derivations does a top-down parser use while parsing an input string?

a.

Leftmost derivation

b.

Leftmost derivation in reverse

c.

Rightmost derivation

d.

Rightmost derivation in reverse

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Answer: (a).Leftmost derivation

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