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GATE | GATE CS Mock 2018 | Question 17

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Consider the following statements

(I) Let T be a binary search tree with 4 height. The minimum and maximum possible nodes of T are 5 and 15 respectively.

(II) In a binary tree, the number of internal nodes of degree 2 is 6, and the number of internal nodes of degree 1 is 8. The number of leaf nodes in the binary tree is 15.

Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?
(A) Only (I)
(B) Only (II)
(C) Both (I) and (II)
(D) Neither (I) nor (II)


Answer: (D)

Explanation: (I) Let T be a binary search tree with 4 height. The minimum and maximum possible nodes of T are 5 and 31 respectively.

(II) In a binary tree, the number of leaf nodes is always 1 more than number of internal nodes with 2 children, refer https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/handshaking-lemma-and-interesting-tree-properties/
So,
Number of Leaf Nodes = Number of Internal nodes with 2 children + 1
Number of Leaf Nodes = 6 + 1
Number of Leaf Nodes = 7

So, neither statement (I) nor (II) is correct.

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Last Updated : 10 Jan, 2018
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