What Is the Saros Cycle

question 46

Multiple Choice

What is the saros cycle?

• A)the roughly 18- year cycle over which the pattern of eclipses repeats
• B)the annual cycle of the seasons
• C)the roughly one- month cycle of lunar phases in the sky
• D)the 26,000- year cycle of the Earth's precession

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Definitions:

Optimal Outcome

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Recognition-Primed Decision Making

A theory of expert decision making holding that decision makers choose options based on analogy of a given situation with previously encountered situations.

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MAUT

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