A disk contains 500 cylinders. Each cylinder has 10 tracks with each track having 16 sectors....

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A disk contains 500 cylinders. Each cylinder has 10 tracks with each track having 16 sectors. The entire disk has to be read starting from track O sector 0 to the last sector of last track. It takes 40msec to make one revolution, 20 msec to go from one cylinder to another with 100 msec being the worst case. Switching between tracks of a cylinder can be done instantaneously. How long does it take to read the entire disc? Must show all the steps to get full credit. A disk contains 500 cylinders. Each cylinder has 10 tracks with each track having 16 sectors. The entire disk has to be read starting from track O sector 0 to the last sector of last track. It takes 40msec to make one revolution, 20 msec to go from one cylinder to another with 100 msec being the worst case. Switching between tracks of a cylinder can be done instantaneously. How long does it take to read the entire disc? Must show all the steps to get full credit.

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