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Programming, Data Structures and AlgorithmsHash TablesmediumMCQ1 mark
Consider uniform hashing in an open-address hash table with load factor \(\alpha<1\), where \(n\) elements are stored in \(m\) slots. The expected number of probes in an unsuccessful search is at most \(\frac{1}{1-\alpha}\). Inserting an element in this table requires at most ________ probes, on average.
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