Edexcel D1 — Question 2

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleD1 (Decision Mathematics 1)
TopicPermutations & Arrangements
TypeAssignment/allocation matching problems

2. This question should be answered on the sheet provided. \begin{figure}[h]
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\end{figure} The data $$x _ { 1 } = 8 , \quad x _ { 2 } = 2 , \quad x _ { 3 } = 4 , \quad x _ { 4 } = 3 , \quad x _ { 5 } = 5 , \quad x _ { 6 } = 1 , \quad x _ { 7 } = 7 ,$$ is to be used in the algorithm given in Figure 1.
  1. Complete the table on the answer sheet recording the results of each instruction as the algorithm is applied and state the final output using the given data.
  2. Explain what the algorithm achieves for any set of data \(x _ { 1 }\) to \(x _ { n }\).