QuickSort is run for an array A in a manner that PARTITION consistently produces a 5:1 split for the (sub)arrays to be sorted (recursively) next. Picture the recurrence tree for this scenario ... What will be the length of the longest path from the root to a leaf (= deepest depth)in this tree? Group of answer choices log_5/6 (n) ... "log of n with base 5/6" log_6/5 (n) ... "log of n with base 6/5" log_6 (n) ... "log n with base 6" n^log_5(6) ... "n to the power of log_5(6)"
QuickSort is run for an array A in a manner that PARTITION consistently produces a 5:1 split for the (sub)arrays to be sorted (recursively) next. Picture the recurrence tree for this scenario ... What will be the length of the longest path from the root to a leaf (= deepest depth)in this tree? Group of answer choices log_5/6 (n) ... "log of n with base 5/6" log_6/5 (n) ... "log of n with base 6/5" log_6 (n) ... "log n with base 6" n^log_5(6) ... "n to the power of log_5(6)"
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QuickSort is run for an array A in a manner that PARTITION consistently produces a 5:1 split for the (sub)arrays to be sorted (recursively) next. Picture the recurrence tree for this scenario ... What will be the length of the longest path from the root to a leaf (= deepest depth)in this tree?
Group of answer choices
log_5/6 (n) ... "log of n with base 5/6"
log_6/5 (n) ... "log of n with base 6/5"
log_6 (n) ... "log n with base 6"
n^log_5(6) ... "n to the power of log_5(6)"
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