diff --git a/merge-sorted-array.cpp b/merge-sorted-array.cpp
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diff --git a/remove-duplicates.cpp b/remove-duplicates.cpp
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diff --git a/search-2d-matrix.cpp b/search-2d-matrix.cpp
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+class Solution {
+public:
+    bool searchMatrix(vector<vector<int>>& matrix, int target) {
+        int m = matrix.size();
+        int n = matrix[0].size();
+        int i = 0;
+        int j = n - 1;
+        while(i < m && j >=0){
+            if(matrix[i][j] == target)return true;
+            else if(matrix[i][j] > target){
+                j--;//move towards the smaller elements 
+            }else{
+                i++;//move towards the larger elements
+            }
+        }
+
+        return false;//element not found
+    }
+};
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