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asantamariat

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Hi Teachers,

I was doing the reading comprenhension quiz, unfortunatelly the web page doesn't allow me to paste the link here

and arose a question after I read this:
Airbus orders unveiled on Monday included Qatar Airways confirming a $16bn order for 80 A350 Airbus planes and ordering three A380 super-jumbos for about $750m.

The question is Qatar Airways ordered, so I chose 83 planes because are 80 planes of a model and 3 of another (that's what I thought) but I got that answer wrong because the page display me the answer was 3 planes.

I'm confused because of I don't know whether either the web page result is wrong or not
 

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I was doing [STRIKE]the[/STRIKE] a reading comprenhension quiz. [STRIKE]u[/STRIKE] Unfortunate[STRIKE]l[/STRIKE]ly, the web page doesn't allow me to paste the link here, and [STRIKE]arose a question after I read [/STRIKE]this question appeared/was asked:
Airbus orders unveiled on Monday included Qatar Airways confirming a $16bn order for 80 A350 Airbus planes and ordering three A380 super-jumbos for about $750m.

The question is "Qatar Airways ordered ...", so I chose '83 planes' because there are 80 planes of [STRIKE]a[/STRIKE] one model and 3 of another (that's what I thought), but I got that answer wrong because the page [STRIKE]display[/STRIKE] told me the answer was '3 planes'.

I'm confused because [STRIKE]of[/STRIKE] I don't know whether [STRIKE]either[/STRIKE] the web page result is wrong or not
Qatar Airwats ordered only three planes. They confirmed an order for 80. Personally, I don't like the question. If they confirmed an order for the 80, then I think it is not unreasonable to say that they ordered 83, if the initial order needed confirmation.
 

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I was doing the reading comprenhension quiz, unfortunatelly the web page doesn't allow me to paste the link here

You can't post links until you have posted ten times- it's a security feature to make things harder for spammers.
 

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Thanks for your answers :-D
 
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