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Improvements can be made to buildings and towns to help contain fires. Houses should have sprinklers, steel frames, strong glass, and fire-resistant roofs. In addition, residents must avoid having vegetation near their homes, because sparks can fly between trees or shrubs and houses. Towns and counties must build firebreaks, whether those are roads or just wide strips of bare land. They must make sure that there are good emergency routes for evacuations.
Which piece of evidence would strengthen the argument that improvements can be made?
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Residents need to be sensible and vigilant.
Residents need to be sensible and vigilant.
People must decide whether to rebuild their homes after a fire.
People must decide whether to rebuild their homes after a fire.
After all, no matter what the building codes are, fires will still happen.
After all, no matter what the building codes are, fires will still happen.
These practices can be relatively inexpensive to perform.
These practices can be relatively inexpensive to perform.
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To strengthen the argument that improvements can be made to buildings and towns to help contain fires, the most compelling piece of evidence would be one that illustrates the feasibility and effectiveness of such improvements. Among the provided responses, the one that best serves this purpose is:
These practices can be relatively inexpensive to perform.
This response directly supports the argument by suggesting that the suggested improvements—not only are beneficial in containing fires but also are financially accessible, which encourages implementation. The other responses either don't address the effectiveness of the improvements or diverge from the argument by discussing rebuilding after fires or the inevitability of fires, which do not contribute to the statement about making improvements.