Computers Can Create What-If Scenarios or ________ of What Would

question 5

Multiple Choice

Computers can create what-if scenarios or ________ of what would happen to an infectious disease if something else happened (e.g., if air travel increased/decreased or the temperature rose or fell; if there was an adequate supply of antiviral drugs, if a vaccine existed or did not exist) .

• A) let us pretend
• B) spreadsheets
• C) simulations
• D) None of the above

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