Comparing the Amount of Memory Required by Selection Sort and Insertion

question 48

Multiple Choice

Comparing the amount of memory required by selection sort and insertion sort, what can one say?

• A) Selection sort requires more additional memory than insertion sort
• B) Insertion sort requires more additional memory than selection sort
• C) Both methods require about as much additional memory as the data they are sorting
• D) Neither method requires additional memory
• E) None of the above

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