Question

1. fill in the blank: in the following spreadsheet, the feature sort range can be used to ______ the city names in column b?

a
1 rank name
2 cary
3 charlotte
4 concord
5 durham
6 fayetteville
7 greensboro
8 high point
9 raleigh
10 wilmington
11 winston-salem
b
c population
1 170,282
2 885,708
3 96,341
4 278,993
5 211,657
6 296,710
7 112,791
8 474,069
9 123,784
10 247,945
d county
1 wake, chatham
2 mecklenburg
3 cabarrus
4 durham (seat), wake, orange
5 cumberland
6 guilford
7 guilford, randolph, davidson, forsyth
8 wake (seat), durham,
9 new hanover
10 forsyth
options: change, delete, randomize, alphabetize

Explanation:

The question is about a spreadsheet feature to sort city names in column B. Alphabetizing arranges text (like city names) in alphabetical order, which is a common sorting method for text data. "Change" is too vague, "delete" removes data, and "randomize" would jumble the order, not sort. So alphabetize is the correct choice for sorting text (city names) alphabetically.

Answer:

alphabetize