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Point out the correct statement.

a) The right number of reduces seems to be 0.95 or 1.75
b) Increasing the number of reduces increases the framework overhead
c) With 0.95 all of the reduces can launch immediately and start transferring map outputs as the maps finish
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: c
Explanation: With 1.75 the faster nodes will finish their first round of reduces and launch a second wave of reduces doing a much better job of load balancing.

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