Consider the following problem and then choose which of the statements below is NOT true. If each of 10 people at a meeting shakes hands (once)with every other person,how many handshakes are exchanged?
A)The descriptive model might be "Ten people shaking hands with nine folks each… a couple fewer because you want to avoid repetitions ...say something like maybe sixty to seventy?"
B)The normative method will yield the "correct" answer: in this case,N x ((N-1)/2).
C)A heuristic approach is not necessarily systematic or orderly,instead relying on educated guessing.
D)The algorithmic approach will differ substantially from the normative model of what is "right"; that is,it is particularly prone to distortions,inaccuracies,and omissions.

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The Answer of Consider the following problem and then choose which of the statements below is NOT true. If each of 10 people at a meeting shakes hands (once)with every other person,how many handshakes are exchanged?
A)The descriptive model might be "Ten people shaking hands with nine folks each… a couple fewer because you want to avoid repetitions ...say something like maybe sixty to seventy?"
B)The normative method will yield the "correct" answer: in this case,N x ((N-1)/2).
C)A heuristic approach is not necessarily systematic or orderly,instead relying on educated guessing.
D)The algorithmic approach will differ substantially from the normative model of what is "right"; that is,it is particularly prone to distortions,inaccuracies,and omissions.

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