Invitation to Computer Science 8th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1337561916
ISBN 13: 978-1-33756-191-4

Chapter 3 - 3.3 - Measuring Efficiency - Practice Problem - Page 115: 1

Answer

The basic shape of the curve as $n$ gets large is still $n^{2}$ because as $n$ gets large, the $n^{2}$ term dominates the other two terms.

Work Step by Step

The basic shape of the curve as $n$ gets large is still $n^{2}$ because as $n$ gets large, the $n^{2}$ term dominates the other two terms.
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