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Recall that in MergeSort algorithm, we used a linear-timesubroutine called Merge which merges two sorted lists into a singlesorted list. Now suppose there are k sorted lists and there are nelements in total in these k lists. Design an efficient algorithmthat merges these k sorted lists into one sorted list. The runningtime of your algorithm should be a function of both n and k.

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The method strength begins with merging arrays into groups of two After the first merge we have k2 arrays Repeatedly merge arrays in groups now we have k4 arrays This is similar to the merge sort    See Answer
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