Question

Several ____ apartments are available for visiting business executives to rent by the week. A. one and two bedroom B. one and two-bedroom C. one- and two-bedroom

Answer 1

Correct answer: C

SEVERAL ONE-AND TWO- BEDROOM APARTMENTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR VISITING BUSINESS EXECUTIVES TO RENT BY THE WEEK.

Explanation:

We use a suspended hyphen when you have a compound modifier that is interrupted by some other word that is in fact not part of the modifier.

Answer 2

Correct answer is:  C. one- and two-bedroom

Several _one- and two-bedroom_ apartments are available for visiting business executives to rent by the week.

in a combination of single- and double-digit numbers in the same sentence.