Question

Part A

Which sentence best summarizes key details in paragraph 8?
A Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney designed Computer Space.
B Dabney's and Bushnell's failure with Computer Space led them
to create Pong, which was successful.
C Computer Space was not a hit with game players.
D Games created by the Atari company were ideal for
discovering the intelligence of computers.

Answer 1

The correct answer is B. Dabney's and Bushnell's failure with Computer Space led them to create Pong, which was successful.

Step-by-step explanation:

The purpose is summarizing is to explain briefly the most important ideas or key details of a text or material. This means when you summarize you need to understand the key aspects of a text and use these to explain what the text was about.

In the case of paragraph 8, this focuses on explaining how two electrical engineers (Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney) created a game Computer Space, and how the failure of this motivated them to create a second game called Pong, which was successful and help them to found the company Atari. According to this, the most appropriate and complete option is B, considering this option mentions the last of the two engineers involved and also, the two games. Besides this, this option explains how the first game was not successful and this led to the development of the second game.