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Essentials Practice Question

Choose the correct options to complete the pseudo-code and determine whether the number is positive, zero, or negative.

 BEGIN

 DECLARE number

 READ number

 IF  _________

            PRINT “Number is positive”

 IF  _________

            PRINT “Number is zero”

IF  _________

            PRINT “Number is Negative”

END IF

END

Answer options

A
number>0, number==0, number<0
B
Bubble Sort
C
Merge Sort
D
Quick Sort

Correct answer: number>0, number==0, number<0

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