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Information and IdeasVery hardInference from company reports naming factories

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The company's annual reports from 2015 to 2019 name the same three factories. The 2020 report names only two, with no mention of a closure, and its total output is unchanged. The 2021 report notes efficiencies at the remaining sites. A reader could reasonably infer that ____

Which choice most logically completes the text?

  1. A. one factory closed around 2020 and the other two raised their output to make up for it.Correct
  2. B. the company built a fourth factory in 2020.
  3. C. the company's output fell sharply in 2020.
  4. D. the 2020 report was never published.

Answer: A. one factory closed around 2020 and the other two raised their output to make up for it.

Two sites, the same output, then efficiencies.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. the company built a fourth factory in 2020.
The count fell from three to two.
C. the company's output fell sharply in 2020.
Output is unchanged.
D. the 2020 report was never published.
The text describes it.

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