Based on the texts, how would Baro most likely respond to the reasoning in Text 2?

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Text 1
When an old building is found to contain a feature that seems too early for its date, historian Ines Baro warns, the usual explanation is reuse: builders routinely salvaged doors, beams, and carved stones from demolished structures.

Text 2
The farmhouse is dated by its deeds to 1740, but its front door frame is carved in a style of about 1600, so the house must be a century older than the deeds suggest.

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A. By suggesting that the door frame was probably salvaged from an older building, so it does not date the house.. An early feature in a later building: Baro's 'usual explanation' is reuse.

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B. By agreeing that the house must date from 1600. — Baro's principle argues against using the feature to redate the house.

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C. By arguing that the deeds are forged. — Baro's point supports the deeds, not against them.

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D. By claiming that door frames are never reused. — Baro says salvage was routine.

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Answer: A. By suggesting that the door frame was probably salvaged from an older building, so it does not date the house.

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