Question

Which excerpt best develops the central idea of The Evolution of Useful Things?

Answer 1

Answer:

c

Explanation:

Answer 2

The excerpt that best develops the central ideo of Henry Petroski's "The Evolution of Useful Things is the third one:

"Again, it is not that form follows function but, rather, that the form of one thing follows from the failure of another thing to function as it would be."

Petroski argues that what moves inventors to invent are the perceived shortcomings of the products that we use, and how to improve them. Petroski traces the evolution of inventions and how creators involve in the process, and how form follows failure and how to overcome it in the process of technological evolution.