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Improvements can be made to buildings and towns to help contain fires. Houses should have sprinklers, steel frames, strong glass, and fire-resistant roofs. In addition, residents must avoid having vegetation near their homes, because sparks can fly between trees or shrubs and houses. Towns and counties must build firebreaks, whether those are roads or just wide strips of bare land. They must make sure that there are good emergency routes for evacuations.
Which piece of evidence would strengthen the argument that improvements can be made?
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Responses
After all, no matter what the building codes are, fires will still happen.
After all, no matter what the building codes are, fires will still happen.
Residents need to be sensible and vigilant.
Residents need to be sensible and vigilant.
People must decide whether to rebuild their homes after a fire.
People must decide whether to rebuild their homes after a fire.
These practices can be relatively inexpensive to perform.
The piece of evidence that would strengthen the argument that improvements can be made to buildings and towns to help contain fires is:
"These practices can be relatively inexpensive to perform."
This statement supports the argument by suggesting that the suggested improvements are feasible and accessible due to their cost-effectiveness. If these fire containment strategies are not prohibitively expensive, it would be easier to persuade homeowners, towns, and counties to implement them, thereby strengthening the case for making the improvements.