2/8 is not greater than 5/8
Since both fractions have the same denominators, all you have to do is compare 2 and 5. 5 is greater than 2.
~ A. precluded
Precluded means to prevent from happening; make impossible.
The answer that most appropriately
completes the line of thought is 1. I also served. It parallels the sentiment
of the first half of the sentence perfectly. However, if the answers could be
disregarded, it would have been better to remove the “also” in all of them because
it is rather redundant with the “too” already located at the end of the
sentence.
As human populations grow, human demands for resources like water, land, trees, and energy also grow. Population growth has relatively easy and inexpensive solutions and because population impacts every environmental challenge — it is an essential element to achieve sustainability.