Practice - Inserting values into a heap
Practice Questions
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What is a heap?
💡 Hint: Think about its structure and value properties.
What does the max heap property state?
💡 Hint: Remember the comparison between parents and children in a tree.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is the worst-case time complexity for inserting a value into a heap?
💡 Hint: Think about the height of the heap.
In a max heap, a parent node can have a value less than its children.
💡 Hint: Reflect on the definition of the max heap property.
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Challenge Problems
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Given the following sequence of insertions into an empty max heap: 15, 25, 10, 30, 20 - show the structure of the heap after each insertion.
💡 Hint: Visualize how max heaps rearrange after each new addition.
Explain why the insertion of a new node could lead to multiple swaps. Provide a scenario demonstrating this.
💡 Hint: Consider the relationships in the tree and the value comparisons.
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