In many areas, rainfall was forty percent less than normal.
What role does the underlined sentence serve in this paragraph?
It is a fact that serves as a supporting detail.
It is an example that serves as a supporting detail.
It is a statistic that serves as a supporting detail.
It is the topic sentence.
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The underlined sentence "In many areas, rainfall was forty percent less than normal" serves as a statistic that serves as a supporting detail in the paragraph.