A recursive function is ____ a corresponding iterative function in terms of execution time and memory usage.
A) more efficient than
B) proportional to
C) similar to
D) less efficient than

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Recursive functions generally use more memory and have a higher execution time due to the overhead of maintaining the call stack for each recursive call, making them less efficient than their iterative counterparts in most cases.

A Recursive Function Is ____ a Corresponding Iterative Function in Terms