Practice Deleting a Node with One Child - 16.2.2 | 16. Insertion in a Search Tree | Design & Analysis of Algorithms - Vol 2
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Deleting a Node with One Child

16.2.2 - Deleting a Node with One Child

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What happens when a node with a single left child is deleted?

💡 Hint: Think about how we connect nodes in a tree.

Question 2 Easy

Can you delete a node with two children the same way you delete a node with one child?

💡 Hint: Consider what the structure will look like.

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Question 1

What is the first step when deleting a node with one child?

A. Connect parent to child
B. Remove node
C. Replace with successor

💡 Hint: Focus on the relationship between parent and child.

Question 2

True or False: Deleting a node with children is the same as deleting a node with one child.

True
False

💡 Hint: Think about how tree structures work.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Consider a binary search tree with the following values: [50, 30, 70, 20, 40, 60, 80]. If you delete 30, what does the tree look like?

💡 Hint: Visualize the tree to confirm the structure.

Challenge 2 Hard

If a node with value 15 has a single right child 25 and is deleted, what must happen?

💡 Hint: Draw the before and after state of the tree.

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