Starting Out with Python (4th Edition)
Starting Out with Python (4th Edition)
4th Edition
ISBN: 9780134444321
Author: Tony Gaddis
Publisher: PEARSON
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When recursion is used to solve a problem, why must the recursive function call itself to solve a smaller version of the original problem?

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