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Operating Systems question 24

A disk has cylinders 0 to 199 and the head is at cylinder 50. The request queue is 82, 170, 43, 140, 24, 16, 190. What is the total head movement (in cylinders) with Shortest Seek Time First (SSTF)?

1. 208
2. 642
3. 332
4. 314

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