Write it, run it, read the output

This is a scratch drill — your code runs, nothing is graded or recorded. No test cases, no expected output, no verdict.

TASK

Using the array [7, 2, 9, 1, 5, 8, 3, 6], compare 100 * n and n^2 at n = 8, n = 100, and n = 128. Report the routine with fewer steps at each size, or report a tie when their counts are equal.

n = 8: n^2
n = 100: tie
n = 128: 100 * n