Question: Problem 8. (10 points) Find the number of inversions in the following array without applying brute force. You may want to note that the

 Problem 8. (10 points) Find the number of inversions in the following array without applying brute force. You 

Problem 8. (10 points) Find the number of inversions in the following array without applying brute force. You may want to note that the first 10 items are sorted in reverse order and the last 10 items are sorted in order. Show enough work or explanation to see that you aren't using an O(n) brute force algorithm. 81 77 73 69 66 62 52 41 36 23 12 31 33 57 61 68 75 76 78 79

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