Reading Comprehension: Josephine Cochran

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8. Josephine Cochran was a rich woman. Her helpers often broke her expensive plates and cups while washing them. This made Josephine very angry, so she decided to invent a machine for washing the dishes. She developed the first dishwasher in 1886 and it worked very well. Later, Josephine founded a company in Chicago and sold dishwashers to many hotels and restaurants. Years later, people started to use these machines at home. Thanks to her invention, washing dishes is still very easy today. Which of the following questions does NOT have an answer in the text above? A) Who were the first customers of her company? B) Why did she decide to invent a machine? C) How did she develop the dishwasher? D) Where did she found the company?

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Hi Yaren! Let's look at this reading comprehension task together and find out which question cannot be answered by the text. Let's go through the answer choices one by one. Choice A asks who were the first customers. Looking at the middle of the text, it says she sold dishwashers to many hotels and restaurants. So, choice A is answered. Choice B asks why she decided to invent the machine. The text mentions her helpers often broke her expensive dishes, and she got angry. This was her motivation. So, choice B is also answered.

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