In an unclustered B+ tree, retrieving records in sorted order requires scanning index entries and then fetching records from data pages.
Cost of scanning leaf level entries:
$F \times N$
Number of records:
$P \times N$
So, total cost:
$FN + PN = (F + P)N$
Final Answer: (b) (F + P) * N
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