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

• A sailing trip that goes in a complete circle around the world is called a circumnavigation.
• Most circumnavigations include stops on land.
• Karen Leibovici is a French sailor.
• Leibovici sailed the boat Benefic on a nonstop, 126-day circumnavigation.
• Lisa Clayton is a British sailor.
• Clayton sailed the boat Spirit of Birmingham on a nonstop, 285-day circumnavigation.

The student wants to make a generalization about circumnavigations. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

A

Most circumnavigations include stops on land, but some circumnavigations are nonstop.

B

Clayton sailed Spirit of Birmingham around the world, while Leibovici sailed Benefic.

C

A circumnavigation is defined as a sailing trip that goes in a complete circle around the world.

D

Clayton and Leibovici have both embarked on sailing journeys around the world, also called circumnavigations.