<u>Answer:</u>
The most effective substitution for the phrase "This was probably due to" in this sentence is - <u>This discrepancy can be attributed in part to</u>. The correct option is Option C.
<u>Explanation:</u>
This particular sentence from the excerpt taken from the 2000 California Census is a person’s opinion about the reason for a particular discrepancy.
In the sentence, someone is stating that something must have happened because of the high unemployment rates in the timber-related industries in the year 2000 and thus, uses the phrase "This was probably due to” which indicates someone’s own thoughts about something. Due to this, option C fits as the best substitution for this phrase.
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Explanation:
Temperature is a measure of the average kinetic energy of all the molecules in a gas. As the temperature and, therefore, kinetic energy, of a gas changes, the RMS speed of the gas molecules also changes.
Answer:
Strictly speaking, this soliloquy depicts the struggle of a high state official who is about to commit a coup d'etat by killing his king and taking over the throne. However, it is much more than a dishonest political manoeuvre. It also presents a personal moral conflict of a man who is well aware that once he draws the dagger, there is no way back.
Explanation:
(Continued) Just like the nonfiction excerpt implies, Shakespeare here transcends the sociopolitical boundaries of his own historical moment. Macbeth's soliloquy creates huge suspense and anticipates the bloodshed that is about to unravel, much to the taste of the early 17th-century audience. But it also presents a host of timeless, universal questions. By doing that, Shakespeare gives his audience and his king exactly what they want and writes a timeless play about power, greed and ambition, treachery, and (un)happiness.
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This makes the most sense.
