What will be the position of 5, when a max heap is constructed on the input elements 5, 70, 45, 7, 12, 15, 13, 65, 30, 25?

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Editor">Editor Staff asked 5 months ago

What will be the position of 5, when a max heap is constructed on the input elements 5, 70, 45, 7, 12, 15, 13, 65, 30, 25?
 
(a) 5 will be at root
 
(b) 5 will be at last level
 
(c) 5 will be at second level
 
(d) 5 can be anywhere in heap
 
I would like to ask this question from Heap topic in division Heap of Data Structures & Algorithms I
 
The question was posed to me during an online interview.

1 Answers
Editor">Editor Staff answered 5 months ago

Right option is (b) 5 will be at last level
 
Best explanation: In max heap the greatest element is at the root and the smallest elements are at the last level. As 5 is the smallest input element, it will be at the last level.


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