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What is the time complexity of binary search in the worst case scenario?
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What is the time complexity of binary search in the worst case scenario?
O(1)
O(log n)
O(n)
O(n log n)
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What is the time complexity of binary search in the worst case scenario?
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Step 1: Understand that binary search is used on a sorted list of items.
Step 2: Know that binary search works by repeatedly dividing the list in half.
Step 3: In each step, it checks the middle item of the current list segment.
Step 4: If the middle item is the target, the search is complete.
Step 5: If the target is less than the middle item, it continues searching in the left half.
Step 6: If the target is greater than the middle item, it continues searching in the right half.
Step 7: This halving process continues until the search space is reduced to one item.
Step 8: The number of times you can halve a list of size n is log base 2 of n.
Step 9: Therefore, in the worst case, binary search takes O(log n) time.
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