Consider the Method Below, Which Implements the Exponentiation Operation Recursively

question 47

Multiple Choice

Consider the method below, which implements the exponentiation operation recursively.Select the statement that should be used to complete the method so that it handles the special case correctly.

• A)return 0;
• B)return 1 * power(base, exponent - 1);
• C)return base;
• D)return 1;

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