The unheapified list
<40 A><45 E><6 G><8 H><34 I><12 L><9 N><20 O><15 S><2 V><3 W>
Min-heap Heapified list
<2 V><3 W><9 N><15 S><6 G><40 A><12 L><45 E><20 O><34 I><8 H>
Reheapified heap as n decreases
n = 10: <5 X><6 G><9 N><15 S><8 H><40 A><12 L><45 E><20 O><34 I>
n = 9: <8 H><11 X><9 N><15 S><34 I><40 A><12 L><45 E><20 O>
n = 8: <11 X><15 S><12 L><17 X><34 I><40 A><20 O><45 E>
n = 7: <15 S><17 X><20 O><45 E><34 I><40 A><23 X>
n = 6: <20 O><23 X><32 X><45 E><34 I><40 A>
n = 5: <32 X><34 I><40 A><45 E><43 X>
n = 4: <40 A><43 X><45 E><66 X>
n = 3: <45 E><66 X><83 X>
n = 2: <83 X><111 X>
n = 1: <194 X>