A Method Is Coded as Follows

question 15

Essay

A method is coded as follows:
public static int foo( int n )
{
if ( n <= 0 )
return 0;
else
return ( foo( n - 1 ) + foo( n - 1 ) );
}
What is the running time of this method? Show your work.

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