Recycling outdated laptops, rather than industrially mining for gold and other rare elements needed for microchip production, saves not only time but also millions of dollars in production costs by replacing manufacturing with _________.
A recouping |
B repudiating |
C fabricating |
D concocting |
E salvaging |
F synthesizing |
OA: A. recouping; E. salvaging
Explanation:
SAS
Subject | Recycling outdated laptops |
Information | industrially mining for gold and other rare element |
Structure Word | rather than |
Negator | – |
Plug In Word | recycling |
Answer | salvaging, recouping |
AOA
Pair | salvaging, recouping |
Triplet | fabricating, synthesizing, concocting |
Lone ranger | repudiating |