It is highly unlikely that a phone number with area code and extension can be remembered because it is more than seven digits long, the average maximum of short-term memory.

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The concept of short-term memory capacity is often associated with the "magic number" seven, but people can use strategies like chunking to remember longer sequences, such as phone numbers with area codes and extensions.

It Is Highly Unlikely That a Phone Number with Area