Question

Read the sentence.

The Great Wave was inexpensive to purchase, costing only about the same as a double helping of noodles. Since lots of copies could be printed and still look good, it made loads of money.

Which best revises this sentence to create a more formal style and tone?

*The Great Wave was as cheap as buying a double helping of noodles. Since lots of copies could be made and still look great, people started making piles of money.

*The Great Wave was inexpensive to purchase, costing about the same as a double helping of noodles. Since mass quantities could be produced and still look exquisite, it became highly profitable to sell.

*The Great Wave cost next to nothing, practically the same as a double helping of noodles. Since mass quantities could be produced and still look awesome, it became highly profitable to sell.

*The Great Wave was inexpensive to purchase, similar to buying a double helping of noodles. Since lots of copies could be made that still looked amazing, those who sold it made tons of money.

Answer 1

The second one is the answer

Answer 2

Answer: B) The Great Wave was inexpensive to purchase, costing about the same as a double helping of noodles. Since mass quantities could be produced and still look exquisite, it became highly profitable to sell.

Step-by-step explanation: The tone of a text or sentence is the author's or speaker's attitude towards the audience, the subject or even the characters of the text. There are many different kinds of tones, like: positive, negative, objective, sad, angry, etc. From the given options, the one that revises the sentence to create a more formal style and tone is the corresponding to option B, we can know this by paying attention to the word choice, for example: "mass quantities," "exquisite," "profitable," etc, which make the sentence more formal.