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Identify the claim made in this passage.

Technology increases “throughput.”

The fast-food industry is based on the mass production idea of “throughput.”

The fast-food industry’s labor practices are innovative and organized.

Identify a reason that supports the claim.

Throughput means making more faster.

Throughput means increasing the workforce.

Throughput measures the value of machinery.

What type of evidence does the quotation reflect?

analogical

anecdotal

statistical

testimonial

Check all statements that give evidence.

The labor practices of the fast-food industry have their origins in early assembly line systems.

A factory’s throughput is the speed and volume of its flow.

Business historian Alfred D. Chandler has argued that a high rate of throughput is the most important aspect of mass production systems.

With technology, a small number of workers can produce many goods cheaply.

What makes the evidence effective?

It makes a statement based on experience.

It helps the reader visualize the concept.

It gives a statistic that appeals to logic.

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