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Which activity is the best demonstration of J.J. Thomson’s use of creativity in his work?
ignoring observations in his experiment
interpreting the results of his experiment
physically assembling the apparatus for his experiment
reading about Joseph Proust’s work

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Interpreting the results of his experiment.

Thomson showed creativity by explaining unexpected observations (the behavior of cathode rays), deducing the existence of electrons and their charge-to-mass ratio, and proposing new models (e.g., the plum‑pudding atom) to make sense of the data.