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What technological breakthrough accompanied the invention of the mainframe computer?
The ability to simultaneously run operations and manage data efficiently
The ability to organize and store large amounts of data
The ability to conduct e-commerce operations
The ability for computerized devices to be operated away from the office

Suppose there is a relation r(a, b, c) with a b+-tree index with search keys (a, b).1. what is the worst-case cost of finding records satisfying 10 < a < 50 using this index, in terms of the number of records n1, retrieved and the height h of the tree? 2. what is the worst-case cost of finding records satisfying 10 < a < 50 and 5 < b < 10 using this index, in terms of the number of records n2 that satisfy this selection, as well as n1 and h defined above? 3. under what conditions on n1 and n2, would the index be an efficient way of finding records satisfying the condition from part (2)?