Which phrase best indicates the passage’s main idea? A recent report revealed that about 70 percent of American silent films are
lost. With the arrival of talking films in the 1920s, silent films became unprofitable. So film studios threw away most of them. Some films were saved, but many of them were later lost in fires caused by the nitrate in film reels. Several other films were destroyed when they were recycled for their metal content.
........ OKIE this took me a long time to answer and understand but what they are saying in English is the 3 principles that they gave you. Pick two of them and write an essay. hope this helps sorry if it made it more confusing. They just added a few extra steps