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in general, there is more than one possible binary min heap for a set of items, depending on the order of insertion. group of answer choices true false

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It is true that different binary min heaps can be constructed from the same set of items depending on the order in which the items are inserted due to the process of heapification.

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In general, it is true that there can be more than one possible binary min heap for a set of items, depending on the order of insertion. A binary min heap is a complete binary tree where the value at the root is less than or equal to the children of the node, and this property is true for all nodes in the tree. The variability in the structure of a min heap arises because, as items are inserted one by one, they are placed at the next available position in the tree to maintain the complete binary tree structure, and then the heap property is restored through a process called heapification. If the items are inserted in a different order, the steps taken to restore the heap property could lead to a different arrangement of the nodes, resulting in multiple valid min heaps for the same set of items.

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