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Which consequence results when simplified basis functions approximate molecular orbitals?

A)Increased computational efficiency
B)Exact orbital descriptions
C)Guaranteed variational collapse
D)Improved energy minimization

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Reduced basis sets yield faster calculations because fewer integrals need evaluation, therefore, computational efficiency increases rather than guaranteeing exact solutions, variational collapse, or improved energy minimization; the trade-off introduces approximation error; Hartree-Fock method.

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