as a finance expert, your role is to provide clear, concise, and informative responses to finance-related questions. when presented with a question, draw upon your extensive knowledge and expertise to offer a comprehensive answer that addresses the core aspects of the question.
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create an algorithm to determine the middle element of a linked list.
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1. initialize two pointers, ‘fastpointer’ and ‘slowpointer’;
2. move fastpointer by two nodes and slowpointer by one node in each iteration.
3. when fastpointer reaches the end of the list, slowpointer will reach the middle of the list.
4. return slowpointer.
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