Tradeoffs
Thematic in computer science are tradeoffs, whereby solving some problem comes at a price. Saving some resource often costs you another.
Answer the below in tradeoffs.txt
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Questions
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Think of a problem and two algorithms, x and y, either of which could be used to solve that same problem.
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(1 point.) What’s the problem, and what are x and y?
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(1 point.) What advantage does x have over y?
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(1 point.) What advantage does y have over x?
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Think of a problem (same or different) and two data structures, x and y, either of which could be used to solve that same problem.
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(1 point.) What’s the problem, and what are x and y?
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(1 point.) What advantage does x have over y?
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(1 point.) What advantage does y have over x?
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Debrief
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Which resources, if any, did you find helpful in answering this problem’s questions?
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About how long did you spend on this problem’s questions?