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Concretes will go in a bigger cup if:

a) The cup is wider
b) The cup is taller
c) The cup is both wider and taller
d) The cup is neither wider nor taller

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If the contents of a cup are to be placed in a bigger cup, it will require the new cup to be wider, taller, or both. This is because a larger cup can hold a greater volume. A cup that is neither wider nor taller will not contain more content than the original cup.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question involves understanding volume and the displacement of a substance within a container. To illustrate the concept, let's consider two full glasses of water, where one glass contains a teaspoon of sugar and the other contains a quarter cup of sugar. If both glasses have the same total volume of solution, the glass with the teaspoon of sugar will contain more water because the quarter cup of sugar displaces more water volume than the teaspoon.

Therefore, coming back to the original question, concretes (assuming this is a typo and you mean 'contents') will go in a bigger cup if:

The cup is wider

The cup is taller

The cup is both wider and taller

Each of these scenarios allows for a greater volume to be held within the cup. However, if the cup is neither wider nor taller, it cannot contain more substance as the volume would be unchanged.

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