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Consider a process executing on an operating system that uses demand paging. The average time for a memory access in the system is M units if the corresponding memory page is available in memory, and D units if the memory access causes a page fault. It has been experimental measured that the average time taken for a memory access in the process is X units.

Which one of the following is the correct expression for the page fault rate experienced by the process?
(A) (D – M) / (X – M)
(B) (X – M) / (D – M)
(C) (D – X) / (D – M)
(D) (X – M) / (D – X)


Answer: (B)

Explanation: Given, average time for a memory access = M units if page hits, and average time for a memory access = D units if page fault occurred.

And total/experimental average time taken for a memory access = X units.

Let page fault rate is p. Therefore,

Average memory access time = ( 1 – page fault rate) * memory access time when no page fault + Page fault rate * Memory access time when page fault

→ X = (1 – p)*M + p*D = M – M*p + p*D

→ X = M + p(D – M)

→ (X – M) = p(D – M)

→ p = (X – M) / (D – M)

So, option (B) is correct.

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