In Each of the Following Plans, One Detail Has Nothing

question 23

Multiple Choice

In each of the following plans, one detail has nothing to do with the topic sentence; it is merely a bit of irrelevant information. Select the letter of the irrelevant detail. The old house had obviously been abandoned long ago.

• A) yard choked with tall grass and weeds
• B) oak tree with a tire swing
• C) rusted iron gate
• D) peeling white paint
• E) several broken windows
• F) spider webs on the front porch

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Definitions:

Population Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or spread of all values in a given population, quantifying how much the values differ from the population mean.

Average Expense

An average amount of money spent, typically calculated over a specific period of time, reflecting common expenditure patterns.

Standard Deviation

Standard deviation is a measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values, indicating how much the values in a data set differ from the mean of the data set.

Confidence Interval

A statistical measure that provides an estimated range of values likely to include a population parameter, calculated from a given set of sample data.