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PART C: Reading Comprehension — Read the passage and answer the question.

PASSAGE 2 (relevant excerpt — application (b) of sorting): "b) If two or more files have been sorted into the same order, it is possible to find all of the matching entries in one sequential pass through them, without backing up. This is the principle which Perry Mason used to help solve a murder case (see the quotation at the beginning of this chapter). It is usually much more economical to access a list of information in sequence from beginning to end, instead of skipping around at random in the list, unless the list is small enough to be stored in a high-speed random-access memory. Sorting makes it possible to use sequential accessing on large files, as a feasible substitute for direct addressing."

If a number of files are sorted into the same order, then by performing a single sequential search through the files ----------.