Read the excerpt from The Code Book . More than a hundred million e-mails are sent around the world each day, and they are all vulnerable to interception. Digital technology has aided communication, but it has also given rise to the possibility of those communications being monitored. Which type of evidence is used in the excerpt?
The excerpt states that “more than a hundred million e-mails” are sent each day. This numerical information is a statistic, so the correct choice is “a statistic.”
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