12.1 - Insertion Sort
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Practice Questions
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What is the first step in Insertion Sort?
💡 Hint: Think about which element you start with.
How do you find where to insert an element?
💡 Hint: Use backward comparison.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is the best-case time complexity of Insertion Sort?
💡 Hint: Think about how many comparisons are made in a sorted array.
True or False: Insertion Sort can be implemented iteratively?
💡 Hint: Recall how you can loop through elements.
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Challenge Problems
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Analyze the performance of Insertion Sort for various inputs: completely unsorted, completely sorted, and reverse sorted arrays. Discuss how each scenario affects the time complexity.
💡 Hint: Consider the comparisons and shifts needed for each case.
Write a performance comparison between Insertion Sort and Quick Sort on the basis of average runtime across 10,000 random numbers.
💡 Hint: Think about how swaps and partitioning differ in handling elements in these sorts.
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