- ASix
- BThree
- CFour
- DFive
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With five numbers, four numbers are placed one per step and the last falls into place automatically, so four steps are needed.
Answer: C) Four
A number-arranging machine rearranges an input line of numbers in steps: in each step it moves the smallest of the not-yet-arranged numbers to the position just right of the numbers already arranged, building ascending order from the left; it stops when all numbers are in ascending order. Input: 60 14 38 5 29. How many steps are needed to arrange all the numbers in ascending order?
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