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AP Computer Science A/Unit 10: Recursion
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Time Complexity of Recursive Fibonacci
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What is the time complexity of the following recursive fib method?

public static int fib(int n) {
    if(n <= 1) return n;
    return fib(n-1) + fib(n-2);
}
A

Logarithmic time, O(log n).

B

Exponential time, approximately O(2^n).

C

Quadratic time, O(n^2).

D

Linear time, O(n).

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