Publishing workflow — arrange these steps from raw material to public release and consumer action: a) Pulp, b) Print, c) Paper, d) Purchase, e) Publish.

Introduction / Context:
From raw cellulose to a book or newspaper in the reader’s hands, the print-publishing pipeline proceeds through recognizable industrial and commercial stages. This question compresses that story into five tokens that you must order logically from origin to consumer action.

Given Data / Assumptions:

• Pulp (a) → Paper (c) → Print (b) → Publish (e) → Purchase (d).
• “Publish” denotes release to the public/market; “Purchase” is the buyer’s action.

Concept / Approach:
Pulp is the fibrous feedstock for paper. Paper serves as the substrate for printing. Printing is a production step; publishing is the business/legal act that releases the printed work to the public. Only after release can the public purchase it. Therefore the path is Pulp → Paper → Print → Publish → Purchase.

Step-by-Step Solution:
Transform Pulp (a) into Paper (c).Apply Print (b) onto paper.Perform Publish (e) to release the work.Enable Purchase (d) by consumers afterward.Hence: a, c, b, e, d.

Verification / Alternative check:
Publishing before printing would announce a work that does not physically exist; purchase before publish is also impossible.

Why Other Options Are Wrong:

• a, d, e, b, c / a, e, d, b, c: Put purchase or publish before print/paper.
• a, b, c, e, d: Places print before creating paper.

Common Pitfalls:
Confusing “print” (manufacture) with “publish” (release/rights). They are distinct, sequential steps.

Final Answer:
a, c, b, e, d