13.5 - Combining Results
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Practice Questions
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What is the time complexity of the brute-force approach to the closest pair problem?
💡 Hint: Consider the number of comparisons needed.
What distance formula is used to determine the distance between two points?
💡 Hint: Think about the right triangles involved in measuring distance.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is the time complexity of the closest pair algorithm using divide and conquer?
💡 Hint: Recall how the algorithm splits and sorts points.
True or False: The divide and conquer algorithm guarantees to find the closest pair of points.
💡 Hint: Think of how it divides the problem into parts.
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Challenge Problems
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Given the points (0,2), (1,3), (4,2), and (1,1), apply the closest pair algorithm to determine the closest pair and show your calculations.
💡 Hint: You may need to compare all points.
Propose an optimization for cases where there are multiple points with the same x or y coordinates and describe its impact on performance.
💡 Hint: Think about how clustering can impact your choices.
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