Q1.(4 points) A system has a total of 8 resources of a particular type. There are 4 processes running with their maximum resources needs and current allocation of resources as shown below

Process Max need Current allocation

P1 3 1

P2 2 1

P3 5 2

P4 6 2

Specify all the safe sequence from the state shown above

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b) If P4 wereto request 1 resource, should the request be granted? (Yes or No)

If yes then indicate a safe sequence from the resulting state:

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If No then indicate the sequence of steps that would lead to a deadlock

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