If the sort pattern split routine consistently splits the array into two pieces of equal size the runtime is

a) O(N 2 )
b) O(log N)
c) O(N 1/2 )
d) O(N log N)
e) The run-time depends on too many things to answer this.


d) O(N log N)

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