A recursive function is designed to terminate when it reaches its ________.
A)return statement
B)base case
C)closing curly brace
D)last parameter
E)None of these

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A recursive function is designed to repeatedly call itself until it eventually reaches a base case, which is a condition that causes the function to stop calling itself and return a value. Therefore, the correct choice is B, base case.

A Recursive Function Is Designed to Terminate When It Reaches