If we are using Merge Sort to sort a list of 50 items then at the end of the first loop we have 25 sublists of 2 items each. At the end of the second loop how many sublists do we have?
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Step 1: In the first loop of Merge Sort, the list of 50 items is divided into 25 sublists, each containing 2 items. Show more…
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Your second task is to define the function merge_sort(lst, k, field). The function merge_sort(lst, k, field) sorts the list of modules lst according to one of the three categories specified via the input field and returns the sorted list. Instead of dividing the data into two parts in each iteration of the sort as you have seen in the lecture, your version of merge sort should divide the data into k parts, where k is an input to the function. You are allowed to write additional helper functions. Python code, please!
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