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#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

int binarySearch(int arr[], int l, int r, int x)
{

    if (r < l)

        return -1;
 

    int mid = l + (r - l) / 2;
 

    if (arr[mid] == x)

        return mid;
 

    if (arr[mid] > x)

        return binarySearch(arr, l, mid - 1, x);
 
    return binarySearch(arr, mid + 1, r, x);
}
 

int countOccurrences(int arr[], int n, int x)
{

    int ind = binarySearch(arr, 0, n - 1, x);
 

    if (ind == -1)

        return 0;
 


    int count = 1;

    int left = ind - 1;

    while (left >= 0 && arr[left] == x)

        count++, left--;
 

 

    int right = ind + 1;

    while (right < n && arr[right] == x)

        count++, right++;
 

    return count;
}
 

int main()
{

    int arr[] = { 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 8 };

    int n = sizeof(arr) / sizeof(arr[0]);

    int x = 2;

    cout << countOccurrences(arr, n, x);

    return 0;
}