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Because most cities would no longer exist, messages would have to be broken up into pieces, scattered throughout the system, moved around cities that no longer existed, and then reassembled at the destination. ARPA combined these ideas with an existing system to create what is now called e-mail.

Which reading strategy would most help in comprehending the excerpt?
breaking it up into shorter sentences and phrases
continuing to read and hope it makes sense later
relating the content to personal experience
rewriting each line by hand

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
breaking it up into shorter sentences and phrases

Reason: The sentence is long and packed with ideas (scattering messages, moving them, reassembling, ARPA combining ideas). Shortening it clarifies each step and shows how they connect to create e-mail.