Question

Read the following paragraph from the text to help you answer the following question:

Two decades later, an article about their disappearance introduced the idea of the Bermuda Triangle. This triangular area of ocean is roughly the same size as Alaska, and connects points at Bermuda, Puerto Rico, and Miami, Florida. Different sources estimate that anywhere from dozens to hundreds of ships and planes have crashed or sunk here. Countless fascinating theories try to explain why. Some blame UFOs, the lost city of Atlantis, or hidden dimensions of spacetime. Others have more scientific-sounding theories about rising bubbles of gas or freak storms called microbursts.

Which statement describes the relationship between the missing planes in the above paragraph and the Bermuda Triangle?



The planes went missing because they flew over the Bermuda Triangle.

The planes went missing but not because they flew over the Bermuda Triangle.,

The planes went missing for reasons that are known to statisticians.

Answer 1

A The planes went missing because they flew over the Bermuda Triangle.

Step-by-step explanation:

the text said so

Answer 2

The correct answer is:

The planes went missing but not because they flew over the Bermuda Triangle.

The paragraph mentions that an article about the disappearance of ships and planes introduced the idea of the Bermuda Triangle. The passage also describes that different sources estimate that ships and planes have crashed or sunk in the Bermuda Triangle, and different theories try to explain why. However, the paragraph does not explicitly state that the missing planes went missing because they flew over the Bermuda Triangle. Therefore, the statement that best describes the relationship between the missing planes and the Bermuda Triangle is that the planes went missing but not because they flew over the Bermuda Triangle.