The binarySearch method of the Collections class returns a value in the form of -k - 1 when the target item you are searching for was not found in the array. What does k represent?
A) It is the position of an existing item, and indicates that your target item should come after this existing item.
B) It is the position of an existing item, and indicates that your target item should come before this existing item.
C) It represents the number of times the array was accessed by the binarySearch method, and can be used for analyzing performance.
D) Nothing - it is an arbitrary value.

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k represents the index of the first element that is greater than the target item, indicating where the target item would be inserted to maintain sorted order.

The BinarySearch Method of the Collections Class Returns a Value