Question

Nathan works as a materials scientist for a carpet manufacturer. He has developed a material that does not work well in carpeting, but it could have applications in hard flooring or other construction products. Nathan has been made the team lead for a group of scientists tasked with determining some marketable uses for the new material. The group could be referred to as:

A. skunkworks.
B. delegates.
C. horse traders.
D. bootleggers.
E. spin-offs.

Answer 1

A. skunkworks.

Step-by-step explanation:

skunkworks -

A skunkwork groups are the small and loosely structured group of people , who develop and research a project , and their main focus is radical innovation .

The term , skunkwork , originated in the world war ll , during the P - 80 shooting star design . This term was then generalized to be applicable to same high - priority R & D projects .

From the data of the question , the group is called the skunkwork .