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Unit 10 – Recursion
Topic 10.2
In a recursive merge sort algorithm, what is the role of the merge function?
To compare and merge the subarrays to produce a sorted array.
To determine the position of the middle element of an array
To identify if the array is already sorted and skip the recursion.
To split the array into smaller subarrays for recursion.
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