Consider the following code that uses a list of n elements (alist).  What is the worst case runtime of this algorithm? def my_func(alist):     for item in alist:         return item >= alist[len(alist)-1]     for item in alist:         return item == alist[0]     for item in alist:         return item != alist[len(alist)//2]     Question 11 options:   O(n^2)   O(n)   O(n log n)   O(log n)   O(1)

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Consider the following code that uses a list of n elements (alist).  What is the worst case runtime of this algorithm?

def my_func(alist):
    for item in alist:
        return item >= alist[len(alist)-1]
    for item in alist:
        return item == alist[0]
    for item in alist:
        return item != alist[len(alist)//2]
 
 

Question 11 options:

 

O(n^2)

 

O(n)

 

O(n log n)

 

O(log n)

 

O(1)

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