Expression of Ideas

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Mar 17, 2024

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While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes: * Just like states have state flags, some cities have city flags. * Over one hundred US cities have redesigned their flags since 2015. * The city of Pocatello, Idaho, redesigned its flag after it was named the most poorly designed flag in North America. * Pocatello's new flag better represents the city's mountainous geography and civic priorities. * Residents consider the new flag to be a meaningful symbol of civic pride. The student wants to make and support a generalization about the effect of redesigning a city flag. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

Difficulty: Medium

Over one hundred US cities have redesigned their flags, including Pocatello, whose flag had been named the most poorly designed flag in North America.

Pocatello is just one of over one hundred US cities that have redesigned their flags.

After it was named the most poorly designed flag in North America, the flag of Pocatello was redesigned to better represent the city's geography and civic priorities.

Redesigning a poorly designed city flag can create a meaningful symbol of civic pride, as was the case when Pocatello redesigned its original flag to better represent its geography and civic priorities.

While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes: * The calendar used by most of the world (the Gregorian calendar) has 365 days. * Because 365 days can't be divided evenly by 7 (the number of days in a week), calendar dates fall on a different day of the week each year. * The Hanke-Henry permanent calendar, developed as an alternative to the Gregorian calendar, has 364 days. * Because 364 can be divided evenly by 7, calendar dates fall on the same day of the week each year, which supports more predictable scheduling. The student wants to explain an advantage of the Hanke-Henry calendar. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

Difficulty: Easy

The Gregorian calendar has 365 days, which is one day longer than the Hanke-Henry permanent calendar.

Adopting the Hanke-Henry permanent calendar would help solve a problem with the Gregorian calendar.

Designed so calendar dates would occur on the same day of the week each year, the Hanke-Henry calendar supports more predictable scheduling than does the Gregorian calendar.

The Hanke-Henry permanent calendar was developed as an alternative to the Gregorian calendar, which is currently the most-used calendar in the world.

While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes: * Minnesota defines a lake as an inland body of water of at least 10 acres. * Wisconsin's definition of a lake doesn't take size into account. * By its own definition, Wisconsin has over 15,000 lakes, many smaller than 10 acres. * By Minnesota's definition, Wisconsin has only about 6,000 lakes. The student wants to contrast Minnesota's definition of a lake with Wisconsin's. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

Difficulty: Medium

Wisconsin, which doesn't take size into account in defining a lake, claims that it has over 15,000 lakes.

Because its definition of a lake is different from Minnesota's, it is unclear how many lakes Wisconsin really has.

According to Minnesota's definition of a lake--an inland body of water of at least 10 acres--Wisconsin has about 6,000 lakes.

Minnesota's definition of a lake--an inland body of water of at least 10 acres--is more restrictive than Wisconsin's, which doesn't take size into account.