When merging the two halves, if there is a tie (i. e., the next element from each half has the same value), it is customary to copy the value from the left half (as opposed to the right half) to the merged sequence first. Is there any advantage of this? Briefly explain your answer.

Asample of 200 rom computer chips was selected on each of 30 consecutive days, and the number of nonconforming chips on each day was as follows: 8, 19, 27, 17, 38, 18, 4, 27, 9, 22, 30, 17, 14, 23, 15, 14, 12, 20, 13, 18, 14, 20, 9, 27, 30, 13, 10, 19, 12, 26. construct a p chart and examine it for any out-of-control points. (round your answers to four decimal places.)