Suppose That We Are Searching for an Item X in an Array

question 43

Multiple Choice

Suppose that we are searching for an item X in an array sorted in descending order.If we find that X is smaller than the middle item of the array,then we should continue our search in the half of the array whose elements

• A) have higher subscripts than the middle of the array
• B) have lower subscripts than the middle of the array
• C) have the same subscript as the middle of the array
• D) None of the above

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