Edexcel D1 — Question 2

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleD1 (Decision Mathematics 1)
TopicNon-parametric tests

2. (a) The following list of numbers is to be sorted into descending order. $$\begin{array} { l l l l l l } 35 & 23 & 10 & 46 & 24 & 11 \end{array}$$ Use the Bubble sort algorithm to obtain a sorted list, giving the state of the list at each stage where two values could be interchanged.
(b) Find the maximum number of interchanges needed when 8 values are sorted into descending order using the Bubble sort algorithm.
(c) Use the first-fit decreasing algorithm to fit the data in part (a) into bins of size 50. Explain how you decided in which bin to place the number 11.