Suppose you are choosing between the following three algorithms:

Algorithm A solves problems by dividing them into five sub-problems of half the size, recursively solving each sub-problem, and then combining the solutions in linear time.

Algorithm B solves problems of size n by recursively solving two sub-problems of size n=1 and then combining the solutions in constant time.

Algorithm C solves problems of size n by dividing them into nine sub-problems of size n=3, recursively solving each sub-problem, and then combining the solutions in O(n2) time.

What are the running times of each of these algorithms (in big-O notation), and which would you choose?

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