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💻 Coding 13 minLesson 11 of 50

Searching: linear & binary

Find values fast — and know when binary search applies.

What you will learn

  • Linear search checks each item: O(n).
  • Binary search halves a sorted list each step: O(log n).
  • Binary search only works on sorted data.

3 Simple Steps for Solving Any Binary Search Problem

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Practice sheets

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Recall drill

5 questions · write-in answer lines

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Apply it

4 questions · write-in answer lines

3

Test yourself

4 questions · write-in answer lines

Interactive quiz

Question 1 of 2

Binary search requires the data to be…

base44
Edit with Base44