Suppose That L Is a Sorted List of Length 1000

question 14

Multiple Choice

Suppose that L is a sorted list of length 1000. To determine whether an item is in L, the maximum number of comparisons executed by the binary search algorithm, as discussed in this book, is ____.

• A) 1
• B) 42
• C) 500
• D) None of these

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