In case the code is position-dependent, the most suitable addressing mode is:

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  1. Direct mode
  2. Indirect mode
  3. Relative mode
  4. Indexed mode

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Option 3 : Relative mode
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If the code is position-dependent, then a suitable addressing mode is a relative addressing mode.

The effective address is computed from X (PC, X bytes away from the address pointed by the program counter.

Relative addressing mode uses a program counter and indexed addressing mode uses and general-purpose register.

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