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+/*Description :c++ solution to check if a given matrix is sparse matrix.
+If the count of zeroes present in the mmatrix is more than half the elements of the matrix, 
+it is flagged as a sparse matrix.*/
+
+
+#include<iostream>
+using namespace std;
+int main () {
+   int a[10][10] = { {0, 0, 9} , {5, 0, 8} , {7, 0, 0} };
+   int i, j, count = 0;
+   int row = 3, col = 3;
+   for (i = 0; i < row; ++i) {
+      for (j = 0; j < col; ++j){
+         if (a[i][j] == 0)
+         count++;
+      }
+   }
+   cout<<"The matrix is:"<<endl;
+   for (i = 0; i < row; ++i) {
+      for (j = 0; j < col; ++j) {
+         cout<<a[i][j]<<" ";
+      }
+      cout<<endl;
+   }
+   cout<<"The number of zeros in the matrix are "<< count <<endl;
+   if (count > ((row * col)/ 2))
+   cout<<"This is a sparse matrix"<<endl;
+   else
+   cout<<"This is not a sparse matrix"<<endl;
+   return 0;
+}
+
+/*output
+The matrix is:
+0 0 9
+5 0 8
+7 0 0
+The number of zeros in the matrix are 5
+This is a sparse matrix
+*/
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