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1.	What is the reason for an element in the Serendipity family to have a smaller size of stiffness matrix compare to a similar element in the Lagrange family?
A.	Absence of interior nodes
B.	Modified element connectivity
C.	Lesser interpolation functions
D.	Irregular arrangements of nodes
Answer» B. Modified element connectivity

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