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How the time complexity of the following code is O(n)?

I was solving a time-complexity question on Interview Bit, which is given below in the image. 在此处输入图片说明

The correct answer to this question is O(N). But according to me, the answer should be O(NlogN). Since the complexity for the first "for loop" should be O(logN) because the variable i is divided by 2 in each iteration and I have studied that whenever the loop variables are either multiplied or divided by 2, then the time complexity is O(logN). Now, for the second "for loop", the complexity should be O(N), therefore, the final complexity should be O(N*logN).

Can anyone please explain where I am wrong?

Do the actual math:

T(N) = N + N/2 + N/4 + ... + 1 (log_2 N terms in the sum)

This is a geometric series with ratio 1/2 , so the sum is equal to:

T(N) = N*[1 - (1/2)^(log_2 N)] / (1 - 1/2) =
     = [N - N/(2^log_2 N)] / 0.5 =
     2^log_2 N = N
     = (N - 1) / 0.5 

So T(N) is O(N) .

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