Why is the brute-force approach less ideal here?

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Question

Why is the brute-force approach less ideal here?

Option A — Correct answer

Trying every subset is exponential.

Option B

It is always constant time

Option C

It never repeats work

Option D

It does not need a correctness rule

Explanation

Trying every subset is exponential.

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