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EXD.3:4.1 - Select each contribution

Name the current question and the claims its answer requires. FPF C.37 supplies the general representation-selection and co-use question. Apply it here to the explanation: what must the recipient locate, compare, connect or enact?

Choose one sufficient representation when it serves that use. Add a representation only for a contribution that matters, such as seeing count/mean/sum correspondence while using a formula. Identify the claims and conditions each form carries and what it omits.

Separate construction choices. Adding the fact that count multiplied by mean reconstructs a sum changes explanatory content. Laying out that already stated relation in a table changes expression. A prompt or worked step supplied during use changes assistance. Preserve these differences when judging the result.