Suppose that that we have an array called list initialized as follows: int[] lis

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Suppose that that we have an array called list initialized as follows:

int[] list = {-2, 8, 13, 22, 25, 25, 38, 42, 51, 103};

This would construct the following array:

[0] [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| -2 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 25 | 25 | 38 | 42 | 51 | 103 |
+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+

Note that the method calls below is of the form:
binarySearch(int[] a, int low, int high, int target)

What values would low, high and mid take on for the following call:
binarySearch(list, 0, 9, 103)
and what value would be returned?

Explanation / Answer

low=0
high=9
mid=(9+0)/2=4

The returned value depends on the implementation.

The returned value can be 9, that is the index of 103 in this case.

Or it can be returned TRUE as notification that the element is found in the array.

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