N=10 keys, M=5 chains; Load Factor = 2; good hash function Here the average chain length is still N/M = 2. But we now suppose the hash function is "good". For example, suppose the keys are uniformly distributed so that all chains have length 2. Then chain length 0 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 2 The average chain length is 2, and For a successful find key probes 1-st 1 2nd 2 3rd 1 4th 2 5th 1 6th 2 ... ... 9th 1 10th 2 ------ ----- total 15 Average #probes for successful find = 15/10 = 1.5