Suppose you have a file with 10000 pages and you have three buffer pages. If a most general external merge sort algorithm is used, how many runs will you produce in the first pass (pass 0)? Group of answer choices 3 100 3333

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Suppose you have a file with 10000 pages and you have three buffer pages.

If a most general external merge sort algorithm is used, how many runs will you produce in the first pass (pass 0)?

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