Special kinds of cotton that grow

Answer choices

1. A

   Too Strong18% picked this

   It is ecologically safer to process long-fibered cotton than

   We know only about one ecological advantage that long-fibered green/brown cotton has (don't have to dye it, so don't have to dispose of dye). But we don't know enough about other possible ecological differences to crown is the "ecologically safer" option. Also this answer is about all long-fibered cotton, when we have only heard about a long-fibered variety of this special green/brown cotton.

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2. B

   Correct68% picked this

   Green and brown cottons that can be spun only by hand are

   Why this is right

   This reinforces a causal difference-maker

   Skill tested: Must be True · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

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3. C

   Out of Scope2% picked this

   Hand-spun cotton is more ecologically safe than

   We haven't heard anything about hand-spun cotton so far. We can assume that the cotton that predated machine spun cotton was hand-spun, but we only know that it wasn't commercially viable. If anything, we have support to undermine this answer, since the one machine-spun cotton we hear about (the green/brown variety) apparently has some ecological advantage over normal dyed cotton.

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4. D

   Out of Scope: synthetic fabrics1% picked this

   Short-fibered regular cottons are economically competitive with

   We don't know anything about short-fibered regular cottons, and we know even less about synthetic fibers. We couldn't possibly derive their relative market positions from this paragraph.

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5. E

   Out of Scope: sales prices11% picked this

   Garments made of green and brown cottons are less expensive than garments made

   We know that the cost of dye is cheaper for green/brown cottons than for regular cotton. But we wouldn't be able to comment on whether the overall cost of using green/brown cotton is cheaper, because who knows how the growing / harvesting / transportation costs compare to those of regular cotton. And even if we knew the relative costs of green/brown vs. regular cotton, we wouldn't be able to speculate about their relative retail prices, i.e. what customers end up paying to purchase garments made out of each type of material.

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