Anthony needs to buy a new phone, so he narrows down the list of possible phones by eliminating those that don’t meet certain criteria. Which strategy is Anthony most likely using?

Anthony is using the elimination by aspects strategy: he removes phone options that fail to meet particular criteria, narrowing the list step by step. This differs from an additive strategy, which would compare and combine scores across features rather than eliminate phones for not meeting a requirement.

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