The maximum number of processes that can be in Ready state

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The maximum number of processes that can be in Ready state for a computer system with n CPUs is

1. n
2. n²
3. 2n
4. Independent of n

Correct Option: D

Number of processes which are in running processes will be atmost n as there are n processors. Maximum number of processes that will be in ready state is independent of number of processors.