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

Answer / sourav naskar

quick sort cant be the answer as this methods works best
when the list is completely unsorted.In this the method
would have worked best if it is descendingly sorted.As it
is completely sorted the answer is insertion sort which
takes O(n).

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

Answer / sarvesh

insertion is answer....as there is no case of swapping as
no. are in ordered pair..so less time will will be taken

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

Answer / gautam

heap sort is the correct answer because it requires log(n)
time where n is the number of nodes

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

Answer / sailakshmi.s

straight insertion

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

Answer / ganesan

quick sort

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

Answer / pavan

Quick Sort

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

Answer / dwiti

Selection Sort

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