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Consider the following algorithm for searching an item in an array. The algorithm takes an array, A, and an item, a, as inputs. It compares a with items in A sequentially. If a is in the array A, the algorithm returns the index of a (first index, if multiple a exist). If a is not in the array, the algorithm returns -1. For example, for inputs (A=['ab', 'cd', 'ef, 'gh', 'ij'), a='cd' ), it returns 2 (assuming the indexing of the array starts at 1). SimpleSearch (A, a) for i=1 to n if A[i] == a return i return -1 What is the best-case runtime of this algorithm? Create an example of an input that will lead to the best-case run time.



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