Read the excerpt from fast food nation. cooking instructions are not only printed in the manual, they are often designed into the machines. a mcdonald’s kitchen is full of buzzers and flashing lights that tell employees what to do. the evidence presented in this excerpt best supports the author’s claim that a- mcdonald’s is the leader in fast food innovation. b-fast food restaurants use technology designed to reduce the need for skilled labor. c-technology has improve the fast food industry. d-the workers’ limited skills have forced fast food employers to rely on machines instead of people.

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i believe the answer is B less skill is needed to work at McDonald's completely true!  

B-fast food restaurants use technology designed to reduce the need for skilled labor.

The evidence best supports the statement that fast food restaurants use technology to reduce the need for skilled labor. In the evidence it shows that the employees only need to follow the buzzers and flashing lights to make the food. This allows means that McDonald's does not need to hire cooks or specialized labor in order to make the food. This also helps to have a consistent product across all of the McDonald's franchises.

not concrete, existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence

femininity is conveyed through bernice's personality. she doesn't act how the other girls act and everyone thinks she is weird. she learns how to act in a way that was considered femininely appropriate at the time. she becomes so popular but her attempts to be liked end up backfiring when she is pressured into bobbing her hair. the author wrote that bernice cut off her cousin's hair in revenge for tricking her to cut her hair. this was the authors way of trying to change the way feminine is defined and the way women are expected to act.