GK
INVENTIONS
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Question
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Based on information in the passage, which statement would the author most likely make?
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A Fewer people enjoyed concerts after Edison invented the phonograph.
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Today’s world would not be the same without Edison’s inventions.
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Few inventions have helped to make the world a better place.
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Flashlights did not change the way people lived their daily lives.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Edison invented or refined devices that made a profound impact on how people lived. The most famous of his inventions was the incandescent light bulb (1878), which would revolutionize indoor lighting and forever separate light from fire.
Detailed explanation-2: -Did you know? By the time he died at age 84 on October 18, 1931, Thomas Edison had amassed a record 1, 093 patents: 389 for electric light and power, 195 for the phonograph, 150 for the telegraph, 141 for storage batteries and 34 for the telephone.
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