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Joseph Galindo • Edited

No problem...did want to post back though since I saw the article was updated.

In the example you laid out, I think an algorithm running in O(2^n) time would be more like this:
10 items - 100s
11 items - 200s
(12 items - not listed - 400s)
13 items - 800s

Just wanted to point it out, since the typo makes the algorithm sound more performant than it really is.