Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?

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When the Westbrook High School robotics club builds a competition robot, most of the team's time goes not to assembling parts but to solving problems that appear only during testing. ______, last season the club discovered that its robot's arm drifted slightly to the left whenever the battery charge dropped below half, a flaw the students spent two weeks correcting.

Accepted Answer

B. For example. The second sentence gives a specific instance of the testing problems described generally in the first, so an exemplifying transition is needed: "For example" is correct. (A) "On the other hand" signals a contrasting alternative, but the drifting arm supports rather than opposes the first sentence. (C) "In conclusion" signals a final summary, but a new detail is being introduced, not a wrap-up. (D) "Meanwhile" signals simultaneous events, but the two sentences describe a general claim and its illustration, not two things happening at once.

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A. On the other hand — "On the other hand" needs a contrasting alternative, but the drifting arm is exactly the kind of testing-stage problem the first sentence describes, so it supports rather than opposes it.

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C. In conclusion — "In conclusion" signals a closing summary, but the sentence introduces a brand-new specific detail from last season rather than wrapping anything up.

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D. Meanwhile — "Meanwhile" marks two things happening at the same time, but here you have a general claim followed by one illustration of it, not simultaneous events.

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Answer: B. For example

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