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In a business report, a writer places a short numbered note at the foot of the page to credit a source for a statistic quoted in the text. This device is best described as a:

The device is a footnote. A footnote sits at the bottom of the page, is linked to the text by a number, and acknowledges the source of a quoted statistic. Glossaries, appendices and abstracts serve different purposes and do not credit a source on the same page.

  1. AFootnoteCorrect
  2. BGlossary entry
  3. CAppendix
  4. DAbstract

Explanation

A footnote appears at the bottom of the page and credits or explains a point made in the text above it. A glossary defines terms, an appendix holds supporting material at the end, and an abstract summarises the whole report.

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