Read the Paragraph Below and Answer the Questions That Follow

question 17

Multiple Choice

Read the paragraph below and answer the questions that follow.
(1) The wide availability of canned, frozen, and precooked foods has definitely improved people's lives by freeing up time that used to be spent preparing meals. (2) However, these convenience foods have also had some negative consequences. (3) One effect has been a rise in obesity. (4) Because plentiful convenience foods need little to no preparation time, many people have developed a tendency to eat too much and put on too much weight. (5) These foods also tend to contain unhealthy ingredients like preservatives and high amounts of salt. (6) Therefore, people who rely too heavily on them can find themselves with health problems such as heart disease. (7) Another negative result of convenience foods has been the death of family dinner time. (8) Now that people can grab prepackaged foods on the run, they just don't try as hard to sit down to a meal as a family. (9) Convenience foods have also contributed to Americans' rushed lifestyle overall. (10) Unfortunately, when it became easy to just microwave a burrito and keep going, sitting down and eating a relaxed meal seemed like a waste of precious time.
Which of the following sentences does NOT contain a transitional expression that indicates cause or effect?

• A) Sentence 3
• B) Sentence 5
• C) Sentence 6

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Definitions:

Total Variable Costs

The sum of all costs that vary directly with the level of production or output.

Total Fixed Costs

Expenses that do not change with the level of production or sales over a certain time period, such as rent or salaries.

Variable Input

A factor of production, such as labor or raw materials, whose quantity can be changed easily by a business to adjust to the level of output.

Short Run

Short Run is a time period in economics during which at least one input is fixed while others are variable.