Given a hash table $T$ with 25 slots that stores 2000 elements, the load factor $\alpha$ for $T$ is _______.

The load factor $\alpha$ of a hash table is defined as the ratio of the number of elements ($n$) stored in the hash table to the number of slots/buckets ($m$) available in the table [4]:

Given:

• Number of elements, $n = 2000$

• Number of slots, $m = 25$

Substituting these values:

Thus, the load factor $\alpha$ is 80.