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  1. Anusha Kurra
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    An operating system contains 3 user processes each requiring 2 units of resource R .The minimum number of units of R such that no deadlocks will ever arise is
    ans is given as 4 . i want the solution to solve this??????

    if we apply the formulae in the other link

    then 3*2<3+R
    6<3+R
    3<R
    SO CHOICES ARE GIVEN AS FOLLOWS 4,5,6
    the above three options are satisfies so how can we knw 4 is the right answer