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For an algorithm to be considered efficient, you must be able to increase the precision of a solution without paying a correspondingly high price in the amount of time it takes to find that solution.

For an algorithm to be considered efficient, you must be able to increase the precision of a solution without paying a correspondingly high price in the amount of time it takes to find that solution.

Linear Search has a time complexity of O(n), which is pronounced “Big Oh of n.” For n data items, this algorithm requires a maximum of n comparisons. On average, it performs n /2 comparisons.