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A-LevelComputer ScienceData Structures and ProgrammingMay/June 2025Paper 3 Q47 Marks

A linked list of nodes is used to store an ordered list of integers. Each node consists of the data, a left pointer and a right pointer, for example: Left pointer Data Right pointer [Figure showing a node with '20' in the data box and empty pointer boxes] The linked list will be organised as a binary tree. -1 is used to represent a null pointer.

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This structured question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Computer Science (9618) May/June 2025 examination, Paper 3 Variant 1. It tests the topic of Data Structures and Programming and is worth 7 marks.

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