When deleting a node from a binary-search tree, if the node to be deleted has only one child, the node is deleted and (select one of the option below) replaced with the left-most leaf node of its child subtree O replaced with the nullptr O None of these replaced with its child node O replaced with the right-most leaf node of its child subtree.

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When deleting a node from a binary-search tree, if the node to be deleted has only one child, the node is deleted and (select one of the options below):

- Replaced with the left-most leaf node of its child subtree
- Replaced with the nullptr
- None of these
- Replaced with its child node
- Replaced with the right-most leaf node of its child subtree.
Transcribed Image Text:When deleting a node from a binary-search tree, if the node to be deleted has only one child, the node is deleted and (select one of the options below): - Replaced with the left-most leaf node of its child subtree - Replaced with the nullptr - None of these - Replaced with its child node - Replaced with the right-most leaf node of its child subtree.
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In a binary search tree, the situation given is,

when deleting a node from a binary search tree if the node to be deleted has only one child the node is deleted and

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