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The minimum number of join statements required to join 10 tables together are:

  1. 9

  2. 11

  3. 5

  4. 12

  5. None of the above

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Explanation

To join N tables together, the minimum number of join conditions required to avoid a Cartesian product is N - 1. For 10 tables, we need at least 9 join conditions. Specifying fewer will result in an incomplete join, while specifying more is not the minimum requirement.