Doing Laundry in America
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Not every woman in America has a washing machine in their house. There are laundry rooms instead. They have laundry cards to wash their clothes. There are huge washing machines in these rooms. People show their cards to the machine and put their clothes in it.
If you want to do the laundry in America...
A) you have to buy a washing machine
B) you use your credit card to wash your clothes
C) you can't find anywhere to do the laundry
D) you can do it in special rooms
This question includes visual content: A photograph showing a row of industrial washing machines in a public laundry room. Each machine has a circular door and controls. The image is oriented sideways.
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In this problem, we're asked to complete the sentence about doing laundry in America based on the provided text. Let's read the passage carefully together.
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If you want to do the laundry in America...
The text says, Not every woman in America has a washing machine in their house. This immediately tells us that owning a machine is not the only way to do laundry.
> Not every woman in America has a washing machine in their house.
Crucially, it continues: There are laundry rooms instead. They have laundry cards to wash their clothes. There are huge washing machines in these rooms.
> There are laundry rooms instead... There are huge washing machines in these rooms.
Now, let's evaluate our options. Option A says you have to buy a washing machine. The text says not everyone has one and suggests laundry rooms as an alternative, so this is incorrect.
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