What is the worst-case performance of the merge sort algorithm on a sorted list of elements?

a. O(n log n)
b. O(n)
c. O(n^2)
d. O(n^3)


a. O(n log n)
The merge sort is not affected by a list having an ordered or a sorted arrangement.

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