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<h1 id="1112-exercises">11.12 &nbsp; Exercises<a class="headerlink" href="#1112-exercises" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h1>
<h2 id="11121-check-your-understanding">11.12.1 &nbsp; Check your understanding<a class="headerlink" href="#11121-check-your-understanding" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
<h3 id="1-the-first-passes-of-selection-sort-and-bubble-sort">1. &nbsp; The first passes of selection sort and bubble sort<a class="headerlink" href="#1-the-first-passes-of-selection-sort-and-bubble-sort" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>Given the array <code>[4, 2, 5, 1, 3]</code>, sort in ascending order throughout this exercise.</p>
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<li>Simulate the first two passes of selection sort. Write the array after each pass and identify the positions whose final values are now fixed.</li>
<li>Simulate the first pass of bubble sort. Write the array and the number of swaps, and identify the position whose final value is now fixed.</li>
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<td>Swap the minimum element, 1, with the first element</td>
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<td><code>[1, 2, 5, 4, 3]</code></td>
<td>The value 2 is already at index 1, so no swap is needed</td>
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<p>The first two positions are now fixed. Subsequent passes need only continue selecting the minimum from <code>[5, 4, 3]</code>.</p>
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<p>Compare adjacent elements in order: swap 4 and 2, leave 4 and 5 unchanged, swap 5 and 1, then swap 5 and 3.
The result is <code>[2, 4, 1, 3, 5]</code>, with three swaps. The maximum element, 5, has moved to the end, fixing the last position.</p>
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<p>In the array <span class="arithmatex">\([2_a, 2_b, 1]\)</span>, <span class="arithmatex">\(2_a\)</span> and <span class="arithmatex">\(2_b\)</span> have equal values; the subscripts mark their original order.</p>
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<li>Write the array after the first pass of selection sort. Has the relative order of <span class="arithmatex">\(2_a\)</span> and <span class="arithmatex">\(2_b\)</span> changed?</li>
<li>Write the array after the first pass of bubble sort. Has the relative order of <span class="arithmatex">\(2_a\)</span> and <span class="arithmatex">\(2_b\)</span> changed?</li>
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<p>The first pass of selection sort selects the minimum element, 1, and swaps it with the first element, <span class="arithmatex">\(2_a\)</span>, producing
<span class="arithmatex">\([1, 2_b, 2_a]\)</span>. The swap moves <span class="arithmatex">\(2_a\)</span> after <span class="arithmatex">\(2_b\)</span>, changing their relative order.</p>
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<p>Bubble sort first compares <span class="arithmatex">\(2_a\)</span> with <span class="arithmatex">\(2_b\)</span> and does not swap them because they are equal. It then compares and swaps <span class="arithmatex">\(2_b\)</span> and 1.
After the first pass, the array is <span class="arithmatex">\([2_a, 1, 2_b]\)</span>. Since <span class="arithmatex">\(2_a\)</span> still precedes <span class="arithmatex">\(2_b\)</span>, their relative order is unchanged.</p>
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<p>In this example, selection sort changes the original order of equal elements. Bubble sort swaps adjacent elements only when the left element
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<h3 id="3-comparing-counting-sort-and-radix-sort">3. &nbsp; Comparing counting sort and radix sort<a class="headerlink" href="#3-comparing-counting-sort-and-radix-sort" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>A school needs to sort many student IDs, each exactly eight digits long. Answer the following:</p>
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<p>Direct counting reserves an entry for every possible eight-digit value, but actual students use only a small fraction of them.
Most counts would remain 0.</p>
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<h3 id="1-sorting-an-array-with-merge-sort">1. &nbsp; Sorting an array with merge sort<a class="headerlink" href="#1-sorting-an-array-with-merge-sort" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>Given an integer array <code>nums</code>, implement merge sort yourself to arrange its elements in nondecreasing order and return the result. Do not call the language's built-in sorting function.</p>
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<li>Split the interval in half at the midpoint and recursively sort each half.</li>
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<p>You are given an integer array <code>nums</code> and a nonnegative integer <span class="arithmatex">\(K\)</span>. Every element lies between <span class="arithmatex">\(0\)</span> and <span class="arithmatex">\(K\)</span>.</p>
<p>Implement counting sort, write the elements back into <code>nums</code> in nondecreasing order, and return <code>nums</code>.
Do not determine the order by comparing elements with one another, and do not use the language's built-in sorting function.</p>
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<li>Since every element is between 0 and K, its value can directly index the counting array.</li>
<li>First scan nums, incrementing the count at the corresponding position by 1.</li>
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