If there are c children of the root, how many calls to the merge procedure is required to reassemble the heap?

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If there are c children of the root, how many calls to the merge procedure is required to reassemble the heap?
 
(a) c
 
(b) c+1
 
(c) c-1
 
(d) 1
 
Asked question is from Heap in division Heap of Data Structures & Algorithms I
 
This question was addressed to me in class test.

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Correct answer is (c) c-1
 
Best explanation: If there are c children of the root, then c-1 merges are required to reassemble the pairing heap.


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