Multiple choice softskills communication

Today, because of improvements in agricultural technology, the same amount of acreage produces double the apples that it has in 1910.

  1. double the apples that it has

  2. twice as many apples as it did

  3. as much as twice the apples it has

  4. two times as many apples as there were

  5. a doubling of the apples that it did
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The correct comparative structure is 'twice as many...as' with tense matching. Since 1910 is in the past, we use 'did' (past tense), not 'has' (present perfect). 'Double the apples that it has' is incorrect because 'has' doesn't agree with the past timeframe and the structure 'double that it has' is non-standard.

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