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A computer system has 6 tape drives, with n process completing for them. Each process may need 3 tape drives. The maximum value of n for which the system is guaranteed to be deadlock free is

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If there are 2 processes then each process will hold 3 tape drives as there are 6 tape drives for which the system is guaranteed to be deadlck free.

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