Read the passage from “The Penny May Be Worthless, But Let’s Keep It Anyway.”

Question

Read the passage from “The Penny May Be Worthless, But Let’s Keep It Anyway.”

While killing off the penny may seem like a slam-dunk case, the reason we haven’t is pretty straightforward: People love their Lincolns, as President Obama alluded to in a 2013 interview.

When polled about their feelings in 2014, the majority of U.S. individuals oppose the elimination of either the penny or the nickel. In fact, more than two-thirds said if they saw a penny on the ground, they’d stop to pick it up (which the New Yorker estimated in 2006 would take 6.15 seconds and pay less than the federal minimum wage).

What is the author’s claim in this passage?

Pennies are worth making because people like them.
Pennies are not worth the time it takes to pick them up
President Obama urged people to keep the penny.
The penny is still worth the time of picking it up off the ground.

I think its C

Answer 1

Thank you, I rethought my answer and I think it's A.

Answer 2

Disagree.

Ask yourself what the WHOLE TOPIC is in this passage.

Answer 3

I just finished the question it's A

Answer 4

Actually, the author's claim in this passage is that pennies are worth making because people like them. So, the correct answer is A.

Answer 5

The author's claim in this passage is that pennies are worth making because people like them. The author states that the reason for not eliminating the penny is that people love their Lincolns, which implies that people have an emotional attachment to pennies and value them. This claim is supported by the fact that the majority of people surveyed in 2014 opposed the elimination of the penny and that more than two-thirds of them said they would stop to pick up a penny if they saw one on the ground, despite it being worth less than the federal minimum wage. Therefore, the correct answer is A) Pennies are worth making because people like them.