The hash coding method described in the text links all the entries having the same hash code together on a linked list. An alternative method is to have only a single n-slot ta- ble, with each table slot having room for one key and its value (or pointers to them). If the hashing algorithm generates a slot that is already full, a second hashing algorithm is used to try again. If that one is also full, another is used, and so on, until an empty is found. If the fraction of the slots that are full is R, how many probes will be needed, on the average, to enter a new symbol?