Which statement about handling collisions in a hash table using the open addressing technique is NOT correct?
A)A colliding element may not be contiguous to the location in which it would normally be placed.
B)To find an element, you must search from the hash code location until a match or an empty slot is found.
C)To remove an element, you simply empty the slot at which you find it.
D)There may be some elements with

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In open addressing, simply emptying a slot when removing an element can disrupt the search process for other elements that have been placed in the hash table through probing. Instead, a special marker is often used to indicate a deleted element, maintaining the integrity of the probe sequence.

Which Statement About Handling Collisions in a Hash Table Using