Data Structures | Binary Trees | Question 12

A scheme for storing binary trees in an array X is as follows. Indexing of X starts at 1 instead of 0. the root is stored at X[1]. For a node stored at X[i], the left child, if any, is stored in X[2i] and the right child, if any, in X[2i+1]. To be able to store any binary tree on n vertices the minimum size of X should be. (GATE CS 2006)

(A) log2n
(B) n
(C) 2n + 1
(D) 2^n — 1


Answer: (D)

Explanation: For a right skewed binary tree, number of nodes will be 2^n – 1. For example, in below binary tree, node ‘A’ will be stored at index 1, ‘B’ at index 3, ‘C’ at index 7 and ‘D’ at index 15.

A
 \
   \
    B
      \
        \
         C
           \
             \
              D

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