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Andrew S. Tanenbaum (OS) Edition 4 Exercise 2 Question 5 (Page No. 174)

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$\mathrm n = 5, \;\mathrm p = \frac{1}{2},\;\Rightarrow \mathrm {p^n} = {\bigg(\frac{1}{2}\bigg)}^5 = \frac{1}{32}$

$\therefore $ Fraction of time wasted =$\frac{1}{32}$

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