A portion of your program includes the method shown in the code snippet below to examine the elements of an array arr: private int findElement(int[] arr, int newVal) { Int pos = Arrays.binarySearch(arr, newVal); Return pos; } What can you conclude about the running time of this section of code? A) Its running time will be O(n). B) Its running time will be O(n²). C) Its running time will be O(log (n)). D) Its running time will be O(n log (n)).

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The running time of the binary search algorithm used in Arrays.binarySearch is O(log(n)), as it divides the search interval in half each time.

A Portion of Your Program Includes the Method Shown in the Code