Question

Look at the underlined section marked number (21). How can the sentence be rewritten to BEST eliminate wordiness and redundancy? Maintain author's style.

A) Sometimes food is helpful to get big cats to hunt and have fun.
B) Sometimes food is hidden to encourage hunting behavior and reduce boredom.
C) Sometimes food is hidden about or placed high on a rope to stimulate hunting and eliminate boredom.
D) To lessen animal boredom, often food is placed on ropes to stimulate chase, hunting, and play behaviors.

Answer 1

The best answer is B.

Answer 2

B) Sometimes food is hidden to encourage hunting behavior and reduce boredom.

Step-by-step explanation:

Out of the options, this is the best written sentence. The sentence provides all necessary information (the fact that food is hidden to encourage hunting behaviour and reduce boredom). It does so without using an unnecessary amount of words and without being redundant. Moreover, the sentence uses a clear and formal style.