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A divide-and-conquer algorithm divides an input into smaller instances, solves those instances recursively, and combines their answers. Directly solvable base cases terminate the recursion. The total time complexity includes both the recursive work and the work of dividing and combining; balanced sizes alone do not determine the running time.

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