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Expression of Ideas / Rhetorical Synthesis Difficulty: Hard

While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:

Bike-share programs provide bicycles for shared use.
In docked bike sharing, riders rent a bike and return it to designated docking stations.
Docked programs are orderly and offer consistency to riders but require significant space and money to implement.
In dockless bike sharing, riders locate a bike and leave it wherever they choose.
Dockless programs are relatively simple and inexpensive to implement and offer flexibility to riders.
Dockless programs can be disorganized.

The student wants to compare some disadvantages of docked and dockless bike-share programs. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

Dockless programs can be disorganized; docked programs, on the other hand, offer order and consistency.

Worth noting is that while dockless programs are relatively easy and inexpensive to implement, they are less flexible than docked programs.

Docked programs are more resource-intensive than dockless programs, but they avoid some of the latter’s organizational challenges.

Though dockless programs offer flexibility, docked bike-share programs provide bicycles for shared use.

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Explanation

Choice C is the best answer. The sentence compares some disadvantages of docked and dockless bike-share programs, explaining that while docked programs are more resource-intensive (requiring significant space and money), dockless programs have greater organizational challenges.

Choice A is incorrect. The sentence compares dockless programs to docked programs, noting an advantage of docked programs: they offer order and consistency. It doesn’t compare disadvantages of the two types of programs. Choice B is incorrect. The sentence compares dockless programs to docked programs, noting an advantage of dockless programs: they are easy and inexpensive to implement. However, it misrepresents information from the notes, stating that dockless programs are less flexible than docked programs. In addition, it doesn’t compare disadvantages of the two types of programs. Choice D is incorrect. The sentence emphasizes an advantage of dockless programs, then makes a general statement that applies to both types of programs; it doesn’t compare disadvantages of the two types of programs.