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The car's fuel gauge showed empty, yet the engine kept running for another twenty miles. A driver could infer that ____

Which choice most logically completes the text?

  1. A. the gauge reads empty before the tank is actually empty.Correct
  2. B. the car does not need fuel.
  3. C. the gauge is always accurate.
  4. D. the tank holds twenty miles of fuel in total.

Answer: A. the gauge reads empty before the tank is actually empty.

Empty on the dial, fuel in the tank.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. the car does not need fuel.
Every car needs fuel.
C. the gauge is always accurate.
The gauge was wrong.
D. the tank holds twenty miles of fuel in total.
Twenty miles was what remained after empty.

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