A Binary Search Tree (BST) stores values in the range 37 to 573. Consider the…

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A Binary Search Tree (BST) stores values in the range 37 to 573. Consider the following sequence of keys.

I. 81, 537, 102, 439, 285, 376, 305

II. 52, 97, 121, 195, 242, 381, 472

III. 142, 248, 520, 386, 345, 270, 307

IV. 550, 149, 507, 395, 463, 402, 270

Suppose the BST has been unsuccessfully searched for key 273. Which all of the above sequences list nodes in the order in which we could have encountered them in the search?

A.
II and III only
B.
I and III only
C.
III and IV only
D.
III only

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