Question: Describe a linear time algorithm that, given An unsorted array A of n comparable elements A designated array element x An integer k between 1

Describe a linear time algorithm that, given
An unsorted array A of n comparable elements
A designated array element x
An integer k between 1 and n-1.
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Finds the k elements of A closest to x. For example, given the
array A=[6,2,7,1,4,5,4], the k=4 elements closest to x=5 are 4,4,
5, and 6

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