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id: 67e923ba5433fb74f58fb3cb
title: Task 38
challengeType: 19
dashedName: task-38
lang: en-US
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<!-- (Audio) Mark: Thanks for clarifying. And "abstraction"? Does it mean simplifying complex systems by hiding unnecessary details? -->

# --instructions--

Listen to the audio and answer the question below.

# --questions--

## --text--

What is Mark trying to confirm about abstraction?

## --answers--

If it means showing all the technical details of a system.

### --feedback--

This is the opposite of abstraction.

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If it means simplifying a system by hiding the parts users don't need to see.

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If it means copying code from one part of a program to another.

### --feedback--

Mark isn't talking about duplicating code. He's asking about hiding complexity, not repeating code.

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If it means deleting parts of a system to make it smaller.

### --feedback--

Abstraction is not about deleting parts.

## --video-solution--

2

# --explanation--

`Simplifying complex systems` means making something large or difficult easier to use or think about.

`Hiding unnecessary details` means keeping internal parts (like how something works) hidden from the user, so they only see what they need to interact with.

Mark's question shows that he understands abstraction as a way to manage complexity — not by deleting parts, but by organizing systems so that users only deal with what's relevant.

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