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a. Prove that for binary heaps, buildHeap does at most 2N−2 comparisons between elements.b...

a. Prove that for binary heaps, buildHeap does at most 2N−2 comparisons between elements.


b. Show that a heap of eight elements can be constructed in eight comparisons between heap elements.


c. Give an algorithm to build a binary heap in N + O(logN) element comparisons.

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