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The researchers fitted forty urban foxes with collars that recorded location every ten minutes. Over a year, the collars showed that the foxes travelled an average of six kilometres a night, mostly along railway lines and canal towpaths, and rarely crossed main roads.

According to the text, what did the collars record?

  1. A. Each fox's location every ten minutes.Correct
  2. B. Each fox's weight over the year.
  3. C. The number of foxes in the city.
  4. D. The food each fox ate.

Answer: A. Each fox's location every ten minutes.

Location every ten minutes.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. Each fox's weight over the year.
Weight is not mentioned.
C. The number of foxes in the city.
Forty foxes were fitted; the collars did not count foxes.
D. The food each fox ate.
Food is not mentioned.

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