Answer:
B). Initially, the Burger Barn executives determined the one best way to create an ice cream confection by observing the Creamy Creations old way and compared it with the FroYo operations down the street and then came up with a hybrid version of the two.
Explanation:
The 'time and motion studies' are primarily inclined to systematically evaluate or examine the performance or efficiency of operation in order to ensure the effective performance at each stage and set up a standard period of time for each operation accordingly.
As per the question, option B most appropriately applies this concept of 'time and motion study' as Burger Barn's attempts to reach a standard goal('best way to create an ice cream confection') <u>by evaluating it through comparison('..compared it with the FroYo operations down the street') to test its efficiency and then, applying it to establish the improved or enhanced operation(came up with a hybrid version of the two).</u> Therefore, <u>option B</u> is the correct answer.
The introductory paragraph
Answer:
North Richmond Street, <u>being blind</u>, was a quiet street except at the hour when the Christian Brothers' School set the boys free.
Explanation:
A participial phrase is a group of words that consists of a participle, its modifiers, and any objects that complete that thought.
Participles are words derived from verbs that can function as adjectives or parts of verb phrases. There are two types of participles:
- Past participles - they usually end in -ed (for regular verbs), and less often in -en, -t, -d, and -n (irregular verbs). Example:<em> bake - baked</em>.
- Present participles - they end in -ing. Example: bake - baking.
In the first sentence of the given excerpt, we have one participial phrase: <em>being blind</em>. It consists of the present participle <em>being</em> and a modifier <em>blind</em>.
The lines from the poem The Lady’s Dressing Room by Jonathan Swift that would help the reader infer Celia’s social class are:
Five hours, (and who can do it less in?) / By haughty Celia spent in dressing; /The goddess from her chamber issues, / Arrayed in lace, brocades and tissues.
It is a satire about an upper-class woman’s dressing room. Women of higher classes tend to spend more time embellishing themselves than women of lower classes do. They care more about their physical appearance.
