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GATE | GATE CS 1996 | Question 40

Quicksort is run on two inputs shown below to sort in ascending order taking the first element as pivot,

(i) 1, 2, 3,......., n
(ii) n, n-1, n-2,......, 2, 1 

Let C1 and C2 be the number of comparisons made for the inputs (i) and (ii) respectively. Then,

(A)

C1 < C2 
 

(B)

C1 > C2

(C)

C1 = C2

(D)

We cannot say anything for arbitrary n

Answer

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