Question: This problem is concerned with range queries on a balanced binary search tree T whose keys are distinct ( no two keys in T are

This problem is concerned with range queries on a balanced binary search tree T whose keys are distinct (no two keys in T are equal).The range query is a generalization of the ordinary search operation. The range of a range
query on T is defined by a pair [xl, xr], where xl and xr are two numbers and xl = xr. Note that
xl and xr may not be the keys in T.
You know that T can support the ordinary search, insert, and delete operations, each
in O(log n) time, where n is the number of nodes of T. You are asked to design an algorithm to
efficiently perform the range queries, that is, in each range query, you are given a range [xl, xr],
and your algorithm should report all keys x stored in T such that xl = x = xr. Your algorithm
should run in O(k + log n) time, where k is the number of keys of T in the range [xl, xr]. In
addition, it is required that all keys in [xl, xr] be reported in a sorted order.
Note that you are not supposed to augment the tree for this problem. Please make sure you give
the pseudocode for your algorithm.
Such an algorithm of O(k +log n) time is an output-sensitive algorithm because the
runtime (i.e., O(k + log n)) is a function of the output size k. As an application of the range
queries, suppose that the keys of T are student scores in an exam. A range query like [70,80]
would report all scores in the range in sorted order.
 This problem is concerned with range queries on a balanced binary

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