16.1.8 - Practical Usage of Quicksort
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Practice Questions
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What is the average-case time complexity of Quicksort?
💡 Hint: Think about how the array gets divided on average.
What is a pivot in the context of Quicksort?
💡 Hint: It's the element that divides the array into two parts.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is the average case time complexity of Quicksort?
💡 Hint: Affected by how evenly the array gets divided.
True or False: The worst-case scenario of Quicksort occurs when the pivot is always the median.
💡 Hint: Consider what happens with sorted arrays.
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Challenge Problems
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Given the array [7, 2, 1, 6, 8, 5, 3, 4], manually apply the Quicksort algorithm by choosing the first element as the pivot through two partitions.
💡 Hint: Focus on where each element should go relative to the pivot.
Design a randomized Quicksort and explain how your pivot selection helps mitigate worst-case scenarios while considering a worst-case input.
💡 Hint: Think about how random choices can alter expected performance.
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