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What Action Is Performed by the Turing Machine Described Below

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What action is performed by the Turing machine described below?


 Current  state  Current  cell content  Value  to write  Direction  to move  New  state  START  left  X  X 11 left X X0 right Y\begin{array} { c c c c c } \begin{array} { c } \text { Current } \\\underline{\text { state }}\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } \text { Current } \\\underline{\text { cell content }}\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } \text { Value } \\\underline{\text { to write }}\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } \text { Direction } \\\underline{\text { to move }}\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } \text { New } \\\underline{\text { state }}\end{array} \\\text { START } & * & * & \text { left } & \text { X } \\\text { X } & 1 & 1 & \text { left } & \mathrm { X } \\\text { X} & 0 & * &\text { right }& \mathrm { Y }\end{array}


A) It replaces any string of consecutive 1s to the left of an * with 0s.
B) It leaves the tape unchanged.
C) It places an * at the left end of any string of consecutive 1s appearing to the left of an *.
D) It complements the string of 0s and 1s appearing to the left of an *.

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