Question

You are given the following segment of code:Line 1: PROCEDURE printScorePairs()Line 2: {Line 3: count <-- 0Line 4: sum <-- 0Line 5: i <-- 1Line 6: scores <-- [73, 85, 100, 90, 64, 55]Line 7: REPEAT UNTIL ( i > LENGTH (scores) )Line 8: {Line 9: sum <-- scores[i] scores[i 1]Line 10: DISPLAY ( sum )Line 11: i <-- i 2Line 12: }Line 13: }The ABC company is thrifty when it comes to purchasing memory (also known as RAM) for its computers. Therefore, memory is of the utmost importance and all programming code needs to be optimized to use the least amount of memory possible. What modifications could be made to reduce the memory requirements without changing the overall functionality of the code?

Answer 1

Answer:

Move Line 10 to after line 12

Explanation:

Required: Modify the program

From the procedure above, the procedure prints the sum at each loop. Unless it is really necessary, or it is needed to test  the program, it is not a good practice.

To optimize the program, simply remove the line at displays the sum (i.e. line 10) and place it at the end of the loop.

So, the end of the procedure looks like:

Line 10: i <-- i 2

Line 11: }

Line 12: DISPLAY ( sum )

Line 13: