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Question 48
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A smart garden controller uses the algorithm shown in Figure 1 to automate greenhouse watering.

Figure 1

1      weather ← USERINPUT
2      IF weather = 'sunny' THEN
3          cycles ← 3
4      ELSE IF weather = 'cloudy' THEN
5          cycles ← 1
6      ELSE IF weather = 'rainy' THEN
7          cycles ← 0
8      ELSE
9          OUTPUT 'weather not recognised'
10     ENDIF
11     FOR i ← 1 TO cycles
12         IF i < 2 THEN
13             ACTIVATE_SPRINKLER('mist')
14         ELSE
15             ACTIVATE_SPRINKLER('jet')
16         ENDIF
17     ENDFOR

How many times would the subroutine ACTIVATE_SPRINKLER be called if the user input is 'sunny' in Figure 1?

1 subroutine call

2 subroutine calls

3 subroutine calls

4 subroutine calls

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