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Consider the following instance of the Students relation, sorted by gpa.

sid name login age gpa
53831 Madayan madayan@music 11 1.8
53832 Guldu guldu@music 12 2.0
53688 Smith smith@ee 19 3.2
53666 Jones jones@cs 18 3.4
53650 Smith smith@math 19 3.8


For the purposes of this question, assume that these tuples are stored in a sorted file in the order shown. Each page can store up to three data records. So the first three tuples are on page 1, the fourth is on page 2 etc.

I. (20) Explain what the data entries in each of the following indexes contain. If the order of entries is significant, say so and explain why. For definition of terms, refer to the text.
1. An index on gpa using Alternative (1).
2. A clustered index on gpa using Alternative (2).
3. An unclustered index on name using Alternative (3).

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