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Yes—on a clear day the sky typically looks blue because Earth's atmosphere scatters shorter (blue) wavelengths of sunlight more than longer (red) wavelengths.

Yes—under normal daylight conditions the sky appears blue because molecules in Earth’s atmosphere scatter shorter (blue) wavelengths of sunlight more than longer (red) wavelengths.

Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa.

Yes—on a clear day the sky typically looks blue because short‑wavelength (blue) sunlight is scattered more strongly by the atmosphere than longer‑wavelength colors.

The primary function of red blood cells (erythrocytes) is to transport oxygen from the lungs to the body’s tissues and to carry carbon dioxide from the tissues back to the lungs for exhalation. They achieve this using the protein hemoglobin, which binds oxygen and carbon dioxide.

The capital of Australia is **Canberra**.

The SI unit of force is the **newton (N)**.

**Time‑complexity of binary search** Binary search repeatedly halves the portion of the array that still has to be examined: 1. At each step it compares the target value with the middle element of the current interval. 2. If the target is smaller, the search continues in the lower half; otherwise it continues in the upper half. 3. The interval size is therefore reduced by a factor of 2 each iteration. Because the interval size goes from *n* → *n/2* → *n/4* → … → 1, the number of iterations required is the smallest integer *k* such that \[ \frac{n}{2^{k}} \le 1 \;\Longrightarrow\; k \ge \log_{2} n . \] Thus the worst‑case (and average‑case) number of comparisons grows proportionally to \(\log_{2} n\). \[ \boxed{\text{Time complexity } = O(\log n)} \] --- **Illustration (Python)** ```python import math def binary_search_steps(n): """Return the maximum number of steps binary search needs for n items.""" return math.ceil(math.log2(n)) # Example n = 1000 print(f"Steps needed for {n} elements: {binary_search_steps(n)}") ``` Output: ``` Steps needed for 1000 elements: 10 ``` The output shows that even for a list of 1 000 elements, binary search needs only about 10 comparisons—confirming the logarithmic growth.

**Answer:** The time‑complexity of binary search is **O(log n)**. **Reasoning** 1. **How binary search works** - The algorithm repeatedly halves the search interval. - At each step it compares the target value with the middle element of the current interval. - If the target is smaller, the search continues in the lower half; otherwise it continues in the upper half. 2. **Effect of halving** - Starting with *n* elements, after the first comparison the interval size becomes *n/2*. - After the second comparison it becomes *n/4*, then *n/8*, and so on. 3. **Number of steps until the interval is empty** - The process stops when the interval size reaches 1 (or 0 if the element is not present). - The number of halvings required to reduce *n* to 1 is the smallest integer *k* such that \[ \frac{n}{2^{k}} \le 1 \;\;\Longrightarrow\;\; 2^{k} \ge n \;\;\Longrightarrow\;\; k \ge \log_{2} n . \] - Hence the algorithm performs at most ⌈log₂ n⌉ comparisons. 4. **Complexity class** - Because the number of operations grows proportionally to the logarithm of the input size, the asymptotic time‑complexity is **O(log n)** (base of the logarithm is irrelevant in Big‑O notation). Thus, binary search runs in logarithmic time, O(log n).