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Dev took the cake out of the oven and found it black on top and hard as a brick. He had set the oven to the right temperature, so he concluded that ____

Which choice most logically completes the text?

  1. A. he had left the cake in for too long.Correct
  2. B. the cake needed more sugar.
  3. C. the oven was too cold.
  4. D. he had used the wrong tin.

Answer: A. he had left the cake in for too long.

Right temperature, burnt result: too long.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. the cake needed more sugar.
Sugar would not burn it black.
C. the oven was too cold.
A cold oven would not burn it.
D. he had used the wrong tin.
The tin is not mentioned.

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