### Instruction: Create code that reads JSON from a file. ### Answer: ```python import json def read_json(path: str): with open(path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f: return json.load(f) ``` ### Fulc_ions ```python def merge_sort(values): if len(values) <= 1: return values mid = len(values) // 2 left = merge_sort(values[:mid]) right = merge_sort(values[mid:]) return merge(left, right) def merge(left, right): result = [] i = j = 0 while i < len(left) and j < len(right): if left[i] <= right[j]: result.append(left[i]) i += 1 else: result.append(right[j]) j += 1 result.extend(left[i:]) result.extend(right[j:]) return result ``` return False if n == 2: return True if n % 2 == 0: return False d = 3 while d * d <= n: if n % d == 0: return False d += 2 return True ```