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Multiple ChoiceIntermediate 30s

Backtracking: Pruning

Pruning in backtracking means:
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  1. 1Skipping branches that cannot possibly lead to a valid solution
  2. 2Reordering the entire search space before any exploration begins
  3. 3Randomly discarding a fraction of the candidates to reduce work
  4. 4Caching partial results so repeated subproblems are never recomputed

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