Which of the Following Is an Important Reason Why the United

question 59

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an important reason why the United States adopted computing much earlier than countries such as China and Japan?

• A)Unlike education in China or Japan, education in the United States has been historically based on logic and reasoning.
• B)Mathematics, as a subject, was initially developed in the United States, while China and Japan adopted mathematics much later.
• C)The Chinese and other cultures were reluctant to abandon traditional computing methods, such as the abacus, in favor of modern computing.
• D)The English alphabet is easier to accommodate on the ASCII keyboard than the Chinese or Japanese alphabets.

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