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Hard Reading and Writing · Expression of Ideas · Rhetorical Synthesis · MCQ

While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:

  • Ducklings expend up to 62.8% less energy when swimming in a line behind their mother than when swimming alone.
  • The physics behind this energy savings hasn’t always been well understood.
  • Naval architect Zhiming Yuan used computer simulations to study the effect of the mother duck’s wake.
  • The study revealed that ducklings are pushed in a forward direction by the wake’s waves.
  • Yuan determined this push reduces the effect of wave drag on the ducklings by 158%.

The student wants to present the study and its methodology. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

  1. A

    A study revealed that ducklings, which expend up to 62.8% less energy when swimming in a line behind their mother, also experience 158% less drag.

  2. B

    Seeking to understand how ducklings swimming in a line behind their mother save energy, Zhiming Yuan used computer simulations to study the effect of the mother duck’s wake.

  3. C

    Zhiming Yuan studied the physics behind the fact that by being pushed in a forward direction by waves, ducklings save energy.

  4. D

    Naval architect Zhiming Yuan discovered that ducklings are pushed in a forward direction by the waves of their mother’s wake, reducing the effect of drag by 158%.

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