Given a hash table $$𝑇$$ with $$25$$ slots that stores $$2000$$ elements, the load factor $$\alpha $$ for $$𝑇$$ is ____________ .

Consider the following two statements:
i. A hash function (these are often used for computing digital signatures) is an injective function.
ii. encryption technique such as DES performs a permutation on the elements of its input alphabet.
Which one of the following options is valid for the above two statements?

A hash table contains 10 buckets and uses linear probing to resolve collisions. The key values are integers and the hash function used is key % 10. If the values 43, 165, 62, 123, 142 are inserted in the table, in what location would the key value 142 be inserted?

Given the following input (4322, 1334, 1471, 9679, 1989, 6171, 6173, 4199) and the hash function x mod 10, which of the following statements are true?
i) 9679, 1989, 4199 hash to the same value
ii) 1471, 6171 has to the same value
iii) All elements hash to the same value
iv) Each element hashes to a different value