There are two solutions to the problem of determining the kth element in an unsorted list. We could first sort the list and select the element at location k, or we could create a heap and ____.

A. delete k elements from it, leaving the desired element at the root
B. delete k - 1 elements from it, leaving the desired element at the root
C. delete k + 1 elements from it, leaving the desired element at the root
D. find the element at index k


Answer: B

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