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QWhich of the following is a disadvantage of the divide and conquer approach?

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  • A It is often slower than other approaches ✔ ✖
  • B It requires a lot of memory ✔ ✖
  • C It can be difficult to implement ✔ ✖
  • D It may involve redundant computations ✔ ✖
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Answer: It requires a lot of memory

Explanation: The divide and conquer approach often involves breaking a problem down into smaller subproblems, which may require creating new data structures in memory. This can lead to high memory usage, which is a disadvantage of the approach.

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