Question

so maybe the reason for this bill is to save printing costs. a recent gao report found that a mere six - hundredths of one percent of federal documents produced since 1990 are in languages other than english; this works out to be only 256 out of 400,000 federal documents. i would also point out that most of those non - english documents were created to serve the spanish - speaking residents of puerto rico. so i guess it is not the cost of publishing in other languages that justifies this limitation.
select the correct answer from the drop - down menu.
how does the author introduce her point in paragraph 3?
showing how one official language will not serve all americans
providing concise data as evidence for her claim
explaining a perspective that has not been considered
addressing an argument made by those who disagree

Explanation:

The author uses data (400,000 federal docs, 256 languages) as evidence to introduce her point about language - related document production and costs.

Answer:

providing concise data as evidence for her claim