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Read the sentence and answer the question.

From what we can discern today, both the ancient Egyptians and the Mesopotamians (or Babylonians) focused on specific practical problems; the idea of stating and proving general theorems does not seem to arise in either civilization.

Which of the following changes should be made to the sentence?

A
Change "can" to "could"

B
Change "focused" to "focusing"

C
Change "stating and proving" to "stated and proved"

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A. Change can to could