For a 100-cylinder disk, compute the total number of head movements for the request queue provided below, using FCFS scheduling and a 100-cylinder disk (0-99). It is expected that the read write head is present at cylinder number 50 at the start of the program. Request queue for disk

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For a 100-cylinder disk, compute the total number of head movements for the request queue provided below, using FCFS scheduling and a 100-cylinder disk (0-99). It is expected that the read write head is present at cylinder number 50 at the start of the program.

Request queue for disk cylinders has the following numbers: 75, 25, 30, 68, 40, 89, 10.

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