A list is ordered from smaller to largest when a sort is
called. Which sort would take the longest time to execute?

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A list is ordered from smaller to largest when a sort is called. Which sort would take the longest ..

Answer / zeeshan

quick sort is the answer.....quick sort shows worst case
behaviour when the list is already sorted....

courtesy"" shaum series- data structures""

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A list is ordered from smaller to largest when a sort is called. Which sort would take the longest ..

Answer / uma sankar pradhan

selection sort,quick sort,bubble sort
(all will take the same time and its time complexity is of
the order of n^2)
the time complexity for insertion sort when the list is
ordered from smaller to larger is O(n)
the time complexity for merge sort irrespective of the
order of the elements is O(nlogn)

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A list is ordered from smaller to largest when a sort is called. Which sort would take the longest ..

Answer / udkl

Its Quick Sort !!!!!
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A list is ordered from smaller to largest when a sort is called. Which sort would take the longest ..

Answer / vinoth kumar.r

Quick sort's worst case is the one given in the question.
It exhibits selection sort type of procedure when the list
is sorted

Hence both :)

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A list is ordered from smaller to largest when a sort is called. Which sort would take the longest ..

Answer / neha gundecha

Its Quick Sort

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A list is ordered from smaller to largest when a sort is called. Which sort would take the longest ..

Answer / santosh

Quict Sort

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A list is ordered from smaller to largest when a sort is called. Which sort would take the longest ..

Answer / rahul

Bubble Sort cannot be the answer, Because the MODIFIED BUBBLE SORT takes complexity of O(n) when the elements are arranged in a particular order..

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A list is ordered from smaller to largest when a sort is called. Which sort would take the longest ..

Answer / rahul

When the elements are ordered in either Ascending or Descending order, Quick sort behaves Equivalent to Merge sort. Time complexity of O(nlogn) is taken for sorting.

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A list is ordered from smaller to largest when a sort is called. Which sort would take the longest ..

Answer / ntrphanikumar

I am not sure about the answer.

But I think the answer is "Selection Sort" whose order is
O(n^2) irrespective of the elements order.

I guess all other sorts somehow depend on the order of elements.

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A list is ordered from smaller to largest when a sort is called. Which sort would take the longest ..

Answer / punit

selection sort.

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