The Gunning-Fog Index Is Often Used to Estimate the Reading

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The Gunning-Fog Index is often used to estimate the reading grade level required by a person if he or she is to fully understand the written material being assessed. The formula is given by where A is the average number of words per sentence and P is the percentage of words that have three or more syllables. The Gunning-Fog Index is defined as the minimum grade level required by a person if he or she is to easily understand the text on the first reading. In a large sample of sentences from a given novel, the average number of words per sentence is 12.7, and the percentage of words with three or more syllables is 18.2. Use the Gunning-Fog Index formula to estimate the reading grade level required to easily understand this novel. Round your answer to the nearest tenth.

• A)15.7 reading grade level
• B)14.6 reading grade level
• C)12.4 reading grade level
• D)16.8 reading grade level
• E)13.5 reading grade level

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