Use the text below written by Connections Education in 2012 to answer the following questions. The Second Industrial Revolution was not just marked by new inventions. New business practices were invented that transformed America’s economy. Between 1869–1910, the value of American manufacturing rose from $3 billion to $13 billion. The steel industry produced just 68,000 tons in 1870 but 4.2 million tons in 1890. Which of the following would be an example of plagiarizing the third sentence above?

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Answer 1

An example of plagiarizing the third sentence would be presenting it as your own original work without proper citation. For instance:

"The steel industry produced just a small amount of steel in 1870 but increased its production significantly by 1890."

This sentence paraphrases the original wording and ideas without giving credit to the source.