The subset-sum problem is defined as follows. Given a set of n positive integers, S = {a₁ ,a₂ ,a₃ ,…,a_n} and positive integer W, is there a subset of S whose elements sum to W? A dynamic program for solving this problem uses a 2-dimensional Boolean array X, with n rows and W+1 columns. X[i, j], 1 <= i <= n, 0 <= j <= W, is TRUE if and only if there is a subset of {a₁ ,a₂ ,…,a_i} whose elements sum to j.

Which entry of the array X, if TRUE, implies that there is a subset whose elements sum to W?

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