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Introduction to Merge Sort

13.1.1 - Introduction to Merge Sort

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is Merge Sort?

💡 Hint: Think about the process of sorting, what steps do we take?

Question 2 Easy

What do we call the condition where the recursion stops in Merge Sort?

💡 Hint: What is the smallest size an array can be?

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Question 1

What is the time complexity of Merge Sort?

O(n^2)
O(n)
O(n log n)

💡 Hint: Consider how many times you can divide a dataset before reaching a base case.

Question 2

True or False: Merge Sort is an unstable sorting algorithm.

True
False

💡 Hint: Think about the order of equal elements.

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Challenge Problems

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Challenge 1 Hard

Demonstrate a step-by-step process of Merge Sort on the array [37, 25, 43, 9, 18, 72].

💡 Hint: Focus on one level of sorting at a time.

Challenge 2 Hard

Why might someone choose to use Merge Sort over Quick Sort in certain scenarios?

💡 Hint: Consider the characteristics of data structures.

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