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Nuts and bolts You are given a collection of n bolts of different widths and n correspon...

Nuts and bolts You are given a collection of n bolts of different widths and n corresponding nuts. You are allowed to try a nut and bolt together, from which you can determine whether the nut is larger than the bolt, smaller than the bolt, or matches the bolt exactly. However, there is no way to compare two nuts together or two bolts together. The problem is to match each bolt to its nut. Design an algorithm for this problem with average-case efficiency in . [Raw91]

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Solutions For Problems in Chapter 4.2