Question

Click on the question mark. Choose the MOST reasonable inference

based on the text evidence and what you already know.

Text Evidence

What You Already know

Inference

"...contact lenses were not

Many people today wear

widely used until after the

contact lenses.

1940s. That's when companies

began manufacturing contact

lenses from plastic."

Companies manufactured contact lenses from plastic because it was

much cheaper.

Plastic was too hard for companies to find until after the 1940s.

Plastic contact lenses have continued to be popular since the 1950s.

People only bought plastic contact lenses after their old ones broke or

got scratched

Answer 1

The most reasonable inference is "Companies manufactured contact lenses from plastic because it was much cheaper".

Step-by-step explanation:

Based on the information provided, the manufacture of contact lenses from plastic started in the year 1940s.

Until 1940s, plastic was very difficult for companies to find. That means, there was no manufactured plastic lenses before that time.

Since 1940s. plastic lenses have become very popular.

Therefore, the reasonable inference is "Companies manufactured contact lenses from plastic because it was much cheaper".

Answer 2

Companies manufactured contact lenses from plastic because it was much cheaper.

Step-by-step explanation:

An inference can be described as a situation where you are able to make a true statement using true information, already known and that has been cited previously.

In relation to the text shown in the question above, we can say that the most reasonable inference is "Companies manufactured contact lenses from plastic because it was much cheaper," because the text allows us to conclude that contact lenses were not very popular and had a manufacturing bigger in the 1940s, probably because companies started using plastic in manufacturing, making the product cheaper.