Why is the brute-force approach less ideal here?

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Question

Why is the brute-force approach less ideal here?

Option A — Correct answer

It rescans the image instead of following connected neighbors directly.

Option B

It is always constant time

Option C

It avoids graph traversal entirely

Option D

It works only on sorted arrays

Explanation

It rescans the image instead of following connected neighbors directly.

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