Database Systems 6th Edition by Ramez Elmasri, Shamkant B. Navathe

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Suppose we want to create a linear hash file with a file load factor of 0.7 and a blocking factor of 20 records per bucket, which is to contain 112,000 records initially.
(a) How many buckets should we allocate in primary areas?
(b) What should be the number of bits used for bucket addresses?