Draw the call stack diagram for a call to mystery(7) and indicate what it would return.

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help with drawing a call stack diagram for this function. 

Consider the following function.
int mystery (int n)
{
if (n < 3)
return 5;
else
return (n + 1) + mystery (n - 2);
}
Draw the call stack diagram for a call to mystery (7) and indicate what it would return.
Transcribed Image Text:Consider the following function. int mystery (int n) { if (n < 3) return 5; else return (n + 1) + mystery (n - 2); } Draw the call stack diagram for a call to mystery (7) and indicate what it would return.
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Introduction

mystery function returns 5 if n is less than 3

If n is greater than or equal to 3, then it returns (n+1)+mystery(n-2)

 

Let's see the tracing for mystery(7)

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