Question

what suggestion presented in your textbook for using supporting materials is used in the following speech excerpt?
since it first opened for business, mcdonalds has sold over 100 billion hamburgers. to give you an idea how many hamburgers that is, think this way: since each mcdonalds burger (with the bun) is about 2 inches thick, 100 billion hamburgers stacked on top of each other would rea over 3 million miles—fifteen times as far as the moon.
multiple choice
use examples to quantify ideas.
explain your statistics.
use statistics to personalize ideas.
present testimony from qualified sources.
quote or paraphrase accurately.

Explanation:

The speech excerpt first presents a statistic ("over 100 billion hamburgers") and then explains what that statistic means in a relatable way (stacked hamburgers reaching over 3 million miles, which is fifteen times as far as the moon). This is an example of explaining statistics to make them more understandable.

Answer:

Explain your statistics.