read the following excerpt from levitt and dubner’s freakonomics\n\nin the real world, feldman learned to…

read the following excerpt from levitt and dubner’s freakonomics\n\nin the real world, feldman learned to settle for less than 95 percent. he came to consider a company \honest\\nif its payment rate was above 90 percent. he considered a rate between 80 and 90 percent \annoying but\ntolerable.\ if a company habitually paid below 80 percent, feldman might post a hectoring note, like this one:\n\nthe cost of bagels has gone up dramatically since the beginning of the year. unfortunately, the number of\nbagels that disappear without being paid for has also gone up. don’t let that continue. i don’t imagine that you\nwould teach your children to cheat, so why do it yourselves?\n\nthe excerpt serves as which type of support for the authors’ argument?\n\na claim\n\nan example\n\na conclusion\n\na counterclaim

read the following excerpt from levitt and dubner’s freakonomics\n\nin the real world, feldman learned to settle for less than 95 percent. he came to consider a company \honest\\nif its payment rate was above 90 percent. he considered a rate between 80 and 90 percent \annoying but\ntolerable.\ if a company habitually paid below 80 percent, feldman might post a hectoring note, like this one:\n\nthe cost of bagels has gone up dramatically since the beginning of the year. unfortunately, the number of\nbagels that disappear without being paid for has also gone up. don’t let that continue. i don’t imagine that you\nwould teach your children to cheat, so why do it yourselves?\n\nthe excerpt serves as which type of support for the authors’ argument?\n\na claim\n\nan example\n\na conclusion\n\na counterclaim

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Brief Explanations:

The excerpt describes Feldman's real-world practices (defining honesty thresholds, posting notes for low-payment companies) to illustrate a point about human behavior or economic interactions. This is a concrete instance used to support an argument, which fits the definition of an example.

Answer:

B. an example