Difficulty: Easy
Correct Answer: are well-formulated
Explanation:
Given data
But in all these cases conversion from scale have well-formulated.
Concept/Approach
Two issues: (1) Subject–verb agreement: ‘‘conversion(s) ... are’’ not ‘‘have’’; (2) The predicate needs a linking verb with the adjective complement: ‘‘are well-formulated.’’ The intended sense is that such conversions possess a well-defined formulation.
Option analysis
can be well-formulated — Adds modal possibility, changing meaning.are well-formulated — Corrects agreement and provides a complete copular predicate.well-formulated — Fragment; lacks a verb.No improvement — Retains grammatical errors.
Verification/Alternative
If the intended subject is singular ‘‘conversion’’, then ‘‘is well-formulated’’ would be used; the plural reading is more likely given ‘‘in all these cases’’.
Final Answer
are well-formulated
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