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In the worst case, the number of comparisons needed to search singly linked list of length n for given elements is

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\frac{n}{2}

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l o g_{2} n - 1

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n

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l o g_{2} n

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Solution

The correct option is C $n$
Linear search number of comparisons : O(n)

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