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Expression of Ideas practice question

While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes: - In a study, people were asked to estimate how long a task would take. - Experienced workers underestimated the time by 40 percent on average. - Beginners underestimated it by 10 percent. - The researchers suggest experts forget the small steps they now do automatically. The student wants to present the study's surprising finding to an audience unfamiliar with it.

Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

  1. A. Surprisingly, experienced workers in the study underestimated how long a task would take by 40 percent, far more than beginners' 10 percent, perhaps because experts forget the small steps they now do automatically.Correct
  2. B. Beginners underestimated the time by 10 percent.
  3. C. People were asked to estimate how long a task would take.
  4. D. Experts forget small steps.

Answer: A. Surprisingly, experienced workers in the study underestimated how long a task would take by 40 percent, far more than beginners' 10 percent, perhaps because experts forget the small steps they now do automatically.

The finding, the comparison, the suggested reason.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. Beginners underestimated the time by 10 percent.
Half the comparison.
C. People were asked to estimate how long a task would take.
The method only.
D. Experts forget small steps.
The explanation without the finding.

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