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Expression of Ideas practice question
While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
- Several everyday inventions were first made for the military.
- The microwave oven grew out of radar research.
- Duct tape was developed to seal ammunition boxes.
- The internet began as a defence research network.
The student wants to illustrate the first note with a single example. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
- A. Duct tape, for instance, was developed to seal ammunition boxes.Correct
- B. Many inventions have military origins.
- C. Microwaves, duct tape, and the internet are inventions.
- D. Radar was used in wartime.
Answer: A. Duct tape, for instance, was developed to seal ammunition boxes.
One invention, one military origin.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Many inventions have military origins.
- Restates the claim.
- C. Microwaves, duct tape, and the internet are inventions.
- Names inventions without their origins.
- D. Radar was used in wartime.
- Not an example of a civilian invention.
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