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An algorithm designed to find the mean of three values, $x$ , $y$ , and $z$ , contains the instruction:

\text{Mean} \leftarrow x + y + z / 3

The algorithm executes to completion without any system errors or crashes, but produces incorrect outputs.

Explain why this mistake is classified as a logic error rather than a syntax error.

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Computational thinking Questions

An algorithm designed to find the mean of three values, $x$ , $y$ , and $z$ , contains the instruction:

\text{Mean} \leftarrow x + y + z / 3

The algorithm executes to completion without any system errors or crashes, but produces incorrect outputs.

Explain why this mistake is classified as a logic error rather than a syntax error.

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