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Series objects are mutable thus they cannot be hashed
a. True
b. False

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The statement is false; Series objects are mutable but this does not mean they can't be hashed. By default, they are not hashable due to their mutability, although they can be converted to an immutable form for hashing.

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The statement about series objects being mutable and therefore unable to be hashed is false. In computing, especially in the context of the Python programming language, a Series object in the pandas library is indeed mutable, meaning that its content can be changed. However, this mutability does not automatically imply that it cannot be hashed. Hashing is a process that is typically applied to immutable objects, but mutable objects, like lists or Series, can be converted into an immutable form, such as a tuple, and then hashed. Nevertheless, by default, a mutable object like a pandas Series is not hashable because its contents can change over time, and hashing requires a value to be immutable to ensure that the hash code is consistent.

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