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(a) Show that to find the first largest one of a list of n number, we need at least n-1 comparisions. (b) Show that to

(a) Show that to find the first largest one of a list of n number, we need at least n-1 comparisions.

(b) Show that to find the second largest one of a list of n numbers, we need at least n - 2 + log2 nl comparisons. (10%)

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