[Solved] Under what case of Master’s theorem will the recurrence relation of merge sort fall?

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Q.	Under what case of Master’s theorem will the recurrence relation of merge sort fall?
A.	1
B.	2
C.	3
D.	it cannot be solved using master’s theorem
Answer» B. 2
Explanation: the recurrence relation of merge sort is given by t(n) = 2t(n/2) + o(n). so we can observe that c = logba so it will fall under case 2 of master’s theorem.

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