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19 a) Inthe ring topology shown below, if process with identifier 7 initiates election, (8)
explain the election process and show the modifications happening to the
election message as it passes through all the processes.

How many election and elected messages will be passed so that the coordinator

be elected and known to all the processes?

b) Examine whether the Bully algorithm meets the necessary conditions for (4)

election.

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