d offers a procedure that would be chosen as an alternative to angioplasty. a

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423. c. The procedure is detailed in paragraph 3. It begins with injecting a special dye. Choices a and b follow later in the procedure, whereas choice d deals with bypass surgery rather than the angioplasty procedure. d. This answer can be found in paragraph 4. A team of surgeons stands ready to perform bypass surgery even though the risk factor of death is only 2%. Choice a is not supported in the passage. Choices c and d are incorrect because the passage does not discuss patient reaction at all. a. This choice is supported in the last sentence of paragraph
3. Choice b is incorrect The risk factor is 2%. Choice c is a complete misunderstanding of the text. Inflating a balloon into a blocked artery is coronary balloon angioplasty. Because two answers are incorrect, d is not a viable choice.
d. Choices b and c, meaning scattered and erratic respectively, are not supported in the passage. Choice a maybe considered a synonym, but it is not the best choice. The best choice is d,
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b. Paragraph 2 of the passage clearly states that Benjamin Franklin first considered the concept of DST.
b. Paragraph 3 states that the bill (which was introduced by Sir Robert Pearce in 1909) met with great opposition, mostly from farmers.
d. This choice is directly supported by paragraph 5.
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a. Choices b and c are incorrect because they each refer to specific points raised in the passage, but not throughout the passage. Choice d is too broad to represent the best title. Only choice a describes the point of the entire passage.
c. Paragraph 5 clearly states that during the oil embargo and energy crisis of the s, President Richard Nixon extended DST through the Daylight Saving Time Energy Act of 1973 to conserve energy further.
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