Which of the following is a base case for a recursive binary search algorithm? (first is the index of the first item in the array,last is the index of the last item in the array,and mid is the midpoint of the array). A)last first B)first last C)0

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Which of the following is a base case for a recursive binary search algorithm? (first is the index of the first item in the array,last is the index of the last item in the array,and mid is the midpoint of the array). A)last > first B)first > last C)0 <= first D)last <= SIZE-1

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The base case for a recursive binary search algorithm is when the first pointer exceeds the last pointer, meaning that the value is not found in the array. Therefore, the best choice for the base case is B, where first > last.

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