An oceanographer is analyzing a dataset of depths (in km) for several marine trenches, stored in a one-dimensional array:
depths = [10.92, 8.60, 10.54, 7.29, 9.78, 6.12]
Explain why a binary search algorithm cannot be directly applied to search for a specific depth in this array.
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