Practice - Analysis of Sorting Algorithms
Practice Questions
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What is the worst-case time complexity of the insertion sort?
💡 Hint: Think about how insertion sort would behave with a reverse-sorted array.
What do we mean by the term 'merge' in merge sort?
💡 Hint: Remember how we discussed merging sorted papers in class.
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Interactive Quizzes
Quick quizzes to reinforce your learning
What is the time complexity of Merge Sort?
💡 Hint: Think about how the logarithm relates to the number of splits.
True or False: Merge Sort is an in-place sorting algorithm.
💡 Hint: Consider whether it needs extra space to merge lists.
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Challenge Problems
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Analyze the performance of Merge Sort when applied to a dataset of 1000 random integers. What is the expected number of comparisons made?
💡 Hint: Use the formula for time complexity while estimating.
Consider an array of elements: [7, 5, 8, 3, 1, 2, 6, 4]. Show the steps of how Merge Sort would sort this list in detail.
💡 Hint: Draw out the divide and merge steps to visualize the process.
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