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Information and Ideas practice question
Library loans, 2023 and 2024
Format | 2023 | 2024
Printed books | 30,000 | 27,000
Audiobooks | 4,000 | 9,000
A librarian notes that although printed books are still borrowed far more often, ____
Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the statement?
- A. audiobook loans more than doubled, from 4,000 to 9,000, while printed book loans fell by 3,000.Correct
- B. printed books were borrowed 27,000 times in 2024.
- C. audiobooks were borrowed 4,000 times in 2023.
- D. printed books were borrowed three times as often as audiobooks in 2024.
Answer: A. audiobook loans more than doubled, from 4,000 to 9,000, while printed book loans fell by 3,000.
Audiobooks rising fast, print slipping.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. printed books were borrowed 27,000 times in 2024.
- One figure, no contrast.
- C. audiobooks were borrowed 4,000 times in 2023.
- The starting figure only.
- D. printed books were borrowed three times as often as audiobooks in 2024.
- Repeats the lead of print.
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