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A student is writing an essay on how community gardens benefit neighborhoods. One paragraph explains that the Maple Street garden gives residents free vegetables and a place to meet neighbors. The writer considers adding this sentence at the end of the paragraph: "Tomato plants are native to South America." Should the writer add the sentence?

1. ANo, because the sentence is not a complete sentence and cannot stand alone
2. BYes, because it gives interesting background about a vegetable the garden may grow
3. CNo, because it moves from the garden's benefits to an unrelated fact about one crop
4. DYes, because it explains why residents first became interested in gardening

An art printer produces 18 panels in 12 minutes at a constant rate. A new job needs 72 panels and requires 7 additional minutes of setup. How many minutes does the complete job take?

1. A115
2. B76
3. C48
4. D55

Original practice passage. The first walking map of fictional Lake Arden marked the shore with one blue line. Visitors sometimes mistook that line for a permanent boundary, although rain and the reservoir’s scheduled releases changed the water level. The revised map shades a band showing the shore’s observed range and dates the surveys behind it. Footpaths appear separately from this band. Its edges are not predictions of the exact water level on any future day. Walkers still check current conditions, but the map now communicates the change that the single line concealed. What is the passage’s central idea?

1. AThe map’s main revision is to replace the shoreline with paths that visitors can follow safely.
2. BThe revised map represents a changing shoreline while preserving the limits of its information.
3. CThe revised map predicts where the water will meet every footpath throughout the year.
4. DChanges in the water level have made it impossible to record useful information about the lake.

Hypothetical practice data: a delivery valve releases water into an empty cup. The valve is held at one setting throughout each trial; the water temperature is 20°C. Elapsed time (s) | Setting L: collected mass (g) | Setting H: collected mass (g) 5 | 10 | 15 10 | 20 | 30 15 | 30 | 45 What collected mass is listed for Setting H at 10 s?

1. A45 g
2. B20 g
3. C30 g
4. D15 g