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

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

  • In 1897, African American inventor Andrew Beard invented an automatic coupler.
  • It improved on the existing design of train car couplers.
  • It made the job of connecting train cars safer.
  • In 1938, African American inventor Frederick Jones invented a mobile refrigeration system.
  • It improved on the existing design of food transport trucks.
  • It enabled trucks to carry perishable foods farther.

The student wants to emphasize a similarity between Beard’s invention and Jones’s invention. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

  1. A

    Beard’s automatic coupler and Jones’s mobile refrigeration system both improved on existing designs.

  2. B

    In 1897, Beard invented an automatic coupler, which made the job of connecting train cars safer.

  3. C

    Beard’s invention made the job of connecting train cars safer, whereas Jones’s invention enabled food transport trucks to carry perishables farther. 

  4. D

    Jones’s mobile refrigeration system, which he invented in 1938, made it possible for food transport trucks to carry perishable foods farther.

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