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Consider the merge step of the merge sort.a. What is the minimum number of comparisons nee...

Consider the merge step of the merge sort.

a. What is the minimum number of comparisons needed to merge two subarrays each of size n/2?


b. Give a recurrence relation that counts the number of comparisons made in the best case.


c. Make an educated guess at the solution to the recurrence relation.

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