In the Following Code That Uses Recursion to Find the Greatest

question 5

Multiple Choice

In the following code that uses recursion to find the greatest common divisor of a number, what is the base case? public static int gcd(int x, int y)
{
If (x % y == 0)
Return y;
Else
Return gcd(y, x % y) ;
}

• A) gcd(int x, int y)
• B) if (x % y == 0)
• Return y;
• C) else
• Return gcd(y, x % y);
• D) Cannot tell from this code

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