Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications, Seventh Edition

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Chapter 3 - Section 3.1 - Algorithms - Exercises - Page 202: 6

Answer

procedure negative $(a_1, a_2, ..., a_n:$ a set of $n$ integers $)$ count $:=0$ for $i:=1$ to $n$ $\space\space\space$if $a_i < 0$ then count $:=$ count+ $1$ return count; {count is the number of negative integers}

Work Step by Step

The algorithm first takes in a list of integers and returns the count of negative numbers. It does this by first initializing a counter to $0$ and then iterating over every element of the list. If the element is less than $0$, the counter is incremented by $1$. Finally, this counter is returned
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