Consider the following algorithm tt{someAlgo that takes an undirected graph \( G \) as input.}
tt{someAlgo(G)}
Let \( v \) be any vertex in \( G \). Run BFS on \( G \) starting at \( v \). Let \( u \) be a vertex in \( G \) at maximum distance from \( v \) as given by the BFS.
Run BFS on \( G \) again with \( u \) as the starting vertex. Let \( z \) be the vertex at maximum distance from \( u \) as given by the BFS.
Output the distance between \( u \) and \( z \) in \( G \).
The output of tt{someAlgo(T)} for the tree shown in the given figure is ___________ . (Answer in integer)
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Correct Answer: 6
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