13.6 - Example 2: Searching Algorithms
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What is Linear Search?
💡 Hint: Think about how you would look through a stack of papers.
What condition must be met to use Binary Search?
💡 Hint: Recall the steps of Binary Search.
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What is the time complexity of a Linear Search?
💡 Hint: Think about how it processes elements one by one.
True or False: Binary Search can be used on unsorted lists.
💡 Hint: Consider the requirement for 'dividing in half'.
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Given a list of 10,000 sorted integers, determine how many comparisons are needed to find a target using Binary Search.
💡 Hint: Think about how binary search divides the data.
Create a program to implement both Linear Search and Binary Search and compare their efficiency using large datasets.
💡 Hint: Use a timing function available in your programming language for the comparison.
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