Final answer:
The question pertains to running a linear search algorithm on a list of integers. The algorithm would return the position of the integer x if it is found in the list, or indicate failure if x is not present. The procedure involves checking each element sequentially until a match is made or the list is exhausted.
Step-by-step explanation:
The student's question is about the linear search algorithm, which is a method for finding a target value within a list. It sequentially checks each element of the list for the target value until a match is found or until all the elements have been checked. For the integers provided (1, 8, 17, 47, 2, 3, 41), the linear search would proceed by comparing x to each integer in the list one by one.
For example, if x is 8, the algorithm will start at the first number, which is 1, and compare it to x. Since 1 is not equal to 8, the search continues to the next number. The algorithm will proceed to the next numbers sequentially (8, 17, 47, 2, 3, 41) until it finds the number 8, at which point it will stop and return the position of 8 in the list. If x is not found, the algorithm will go through all the numbers and return an indication that the search was unsuccessful.
The output of the linear search algorithm when x is matched with each of the integers is the index of x if it is found, or an indication that x is not in the list if it is not found.