There are 11 comparisons to merge the two lists
How to determine the number of comparisons?
The ordered lists are given as:
[2, 9, 12, 17, 20] and [1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 23]
The number of elements in both lists are:
5 and 12
So, the number of comparison is:
Comparison = 5 + 7 - 1
Evaluate
Comparison = 11
Hence, there are 11 comparisons to merge the two lists
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