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Craft and Structure practice question

The rise in the harbour's seal count has been ____ with the fishing fleet's decline, though the warden is careful not to call one the cause of the other.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

  1. A. concurrentCorrect
  2. B. incompatible
  3. C. unrelated
  4. D. reversed

Answer: A. concurrent

Happening together, cause unclaimed: concurrent.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. incompatible
They coexist.
C. unrelated
The warden avoids claiming a link but does not deny one; the sentence is about timing.
D. reversed
Nothing is reversed.

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