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Do as directed.
With a pen or pencil, follow the instructions exactly on a blank piece of paper. Solve

the problem by yourself. Don’t let your neighbour look at your drawing!
1. Draw a diagonal line.
2. Draw another diagonal line connected to the top of the first one.

3. Draw a straight line from the point where the diagonal lines meet.

4. Draw a horizontal line over the straight line.
5. At the bottom of the straight line, draw a curvy line.
6. Draw a diagonal line from the bottom of the first diagonal to the straight

line.
7. Draw a diagonal line from the bottom of the second diagonal to the

straight line.

What does your drawing look like?
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Algorithm

The word ‘algorithm’ relates to the name of the Mathematician AL-khowarizmi, which
means a procedure or a technique.

Software Engineer commonly uses an algorithm for planning and solving the
problems. An algorithm is a sequence of steps to solve a particular problem or

algorithm is an ordered set of unambiguous steps that produces a result and
terminates in a finite time.

Algorithm has the following characteristics.
8 Input : An algorithm may or may not require input.

8 Output : Each algorithm is expected to produce at least one result.

8 Definiteness : Each instruction must be clear and unambiguous.

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