Let P be a quicksort program to sort numbers in ascending order using the first element as the pivot. Let t1 and t2 be the number of comparison made by P for the inputs [1 2 3 4 5] and [4 1 5 3 2] respectively. Which one of the following holds?

Let P be a quicksort program to sort numbers in ascending order using

1.	Let P be a quicksort program to sort numbers in ascending order using the first element as the pivot. Let t1 and t2 be the number of comparison made by P for the inputs [1 2 3 4 5] and [4 1 5 3 2] respectively. Which one of the following holds?
A.	t1 = 5
B.	t1 < t2
C.	t1 > t2
D.	t1 = t2
Answer» D. t1 = t2

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Let P be a quicksort program to sort numbers in ascending order using the first element as the pivot. Let t1 and t2 be the number of comparison made by P for the inputs [1 2 3 4 5] and [4 1 5 3 2] respectively. Which one of the following holds?

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