What is the worst-case time complexity of the Heap sort?
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What is the worst-case time complexity of the Heap sort?
Answer: C. O(n log n) — Heap sort has a worst-case time complexity of O(n log n). This occurs because building the heap takes O(n) and extracting elements takes O(log n) for each of…
- A.
O(n)
- B.
O(n2)
- C.
O(n log n)
- D.
O(n3)
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Correct answer: C
Heap sort has a worst-case time complexity of O(n log n). This occurs because building the heap takes O(n) and extracting elements takes O(log n) for each of the n elements.
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