Question

Choose the sentence that uses abbreviations and numbers correctly.

A. ​Forty-three students​ (i.e., thirty-four percent of the​ class) opted to take the final exam early.

B. 43 students​ (ie, 34% of the​ class) opted to take the final exam early.

C. 43 students​ (i.e., 34% of the​ class) opted to take the final exam early.

D. ​Forty-three students​ (i.e., 34% of the​ class) opted to take the final exam early.

Answer 1

Answer: D)

Explanation:

• Those sentence are using customary abbreviation for ''that is'' or ''id est'' and that is i.e. which is always written with full stop so the answer B) could not be correct.

• When we are using a percentage, it is correct to write the numbers as it should and not with words, so the answer A) is not correct to.
• Forty-three is correctly written and it should be written like that while other whole numbers could be written in a different way.