Starting Out with C++: Early Objects
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The average number of comparisons achieved to find an item from an array of N elements by linear search is “N/2”.
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Ch. 9.2 - Prob. 9.1CPCh. 9.2 - Prob. 9.2CPCh. 9.2 - Prob. 9.3CPCh. 9.2 - Prob. 9.4CPCh. 9.3 - True or false: Any sort can be modified to sort in...Ch. 9.3 - Prob. 9.6CPCh. 9.3 - Prob. 9.7CPCh. 9.3 - Prob. 9.8CPCh. 9.3 - Prob. 9.9CPCh. 9.6 - Prob. 9.10CP
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