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Read this sentence:dr. thompson made an estimate of the number of bees in each hive.what is the best rewrite of the sentence?

a.dr. thompson's bee count is an estimate of the number of bees.
b.dr. thompson made an estimate of the hives inhabited by bees.
c.dr. thompson estimated the number of bees in each hive.
d.dr. thompson counted the bees in each hive and estimated them.

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C-ApexDr.Thopsom estimated the number of bees in each hive
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The best rewritten sentence is C. Dr. Thompson estimated the number of bees in each hive.

This version of the sentence is the only one that conveys the same meaning than the original sentence. The rewritten sentence uses a more formal register than the original and is written in a more straightforward way. The other options do not infer the same meaning of the first sentence.

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