COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
ALGORITHMS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Linear
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Binary
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The binary search algorithm works on the principle of divide and conquer and it is considered the best searching algorithm because it’s faster to run.
Detailed explanation-2: -Efficiency: Binary search is faster (in terms of scan cycles) and more efficient compared to linear search especially for larger data sets.
Detailed explanation-3: -Linear search runs in linear time and makes a maximum of n comparisons, where n is the length of the list. Hence, the computational complexity for linear search is O(N). The running time increases, at most, linearly with the size of the items present in the list.
Detailed explanation-4: -The main advantage of using binary search is that it does not scan each element in the list. Instead of scanning each element, it performs the searching to the half of the list. So, the binary search takes less time to search an element as compared to a linear search.