a) If There is only one Element in the list then it will be the Median and another case where it will return median is if the elements are in sorted order and we select the mid element then it will be the median, hence in above two cases in only one single iteration we will get the median. b) Yes if we wanted to sort the elements in ascending order and if it is the minimum element then its position will remain unchanged and the same with if we wanted to sort in descending order and if it is the greatest element then its position will not be changed Solution a) If There is only one Element in the list then it will be the Median and another case where it will return median is if the elements are in sorted order and we select the mid element then it will be the median, hence in above two cases in only one single iteration we will get the median. b) Yes if we wanted to sort the elements in ascending order and if it is the minimum element then its position will remain unchanged and the same with if we wanted to sort in descending order and if it is the greatest element then its position will not be changed.