Question

(01.02 mc) read the sentence and answer the question that follows. the union pacific railroad adopted a pragmatic and realistic approach to increasing the usefulness of freight transportation with its cost - efficient technology and cost - effective operations. using context clues from the sentence, what is the meaning of pragmatic as it is used in the passage? a dream like state a problem that is unable to be solved being practical and using realistic methods to achieve goals difficult to see the benefits of

Explanation:

The sentence mentions "a pragmatic and realistic approach" along with "cost - efficient technology and cost - effective operations", which implies being practical and using realistic methods to increase freight transportation's usefulness.

Answer:

C. Being practical and using realistic methods to achieve goals