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While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:

• The engineer Robert Fulton designed the Clermont steamboat in 1807.
• He designed it in New York City.
• Clermont was the world’s first commercially successful steamboat.
• The city of Fulton, Missouri, is named after Robert Fulton.
• New York City’s Fulton Street is named after him.

The student wants to indicate how Fulton, Missouri, got its name. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

A

Fulton Street is in New York City, where the steamboat Clermont was designed in 1807.

B

Fulton, Missouri, is named after Robert Fulton, designer of the first commercially successful steamboat.

C

Designed in 1807 in New York City, Clermont was the first commercially successful steamboat.

D

Fulton, Missouri, shares its name with Fulton Street in New York City.