Practice Deleting a Node with Two Children - 40.1.3 | 40. Search trees - Part B | Data Structures and Algorithms in Python
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Practice Questions

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Question 1

Easy

What happens when you delete a leaf node?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about its children.

Question 2

Easy

What do you do when a node has only one child?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider how the tree will look.

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Interactive Quizzes

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Question 1

What should you do if the deleted node is a leaf?

  • Remove it directly
  • Promote its child
  • Find a replacement

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider what it means to be a leaf.

Question 2

If a node has only one child, what can you do?

  • True
  • False

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think of the tree structure!

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Challenge Problems

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Question 1

Suppose you have a BST, and you want to delete node 45. It has two children: 30 and 70. What are the steps you would take?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Focus on maintaining structure and order.

Question 2

Analyze what happens if you do not maintain balance during deletion? If a BST starts as balanced, after multiple insertions and deletions, it becomes skewed?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider the worst-case scenario when nodes are added in order.

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