Read this claim and evidence from the passage. claim: antibiotics are not always prescribed correctly. evidence: according to the national center for biotechnology information, in 30 to 50 percent of cases, the antibiotic prescribed is either the incorrect antibiotic or is prescribed for the wrong amount of time. which statement best evaluates the relevancy and sufficiency of the evidence to this claim? the evidence is both relevant and sufficient. the evidence is relevant but not sufficient. the evidence is neither relevant nor sufficient. the evidence is sufficient but not relevant.

The correct answer is A. The evidence is both relevant and sufficient.

Explanation:

A claim is a statement about some issue that reflects the position of someone on some situation, in this case the author's position is that "Antibiotics are not always prescribed correctly"; additionally, for this position or claim to be valid it needs to be correctly supported, it means the author needs to provide evidence such as examples, statistics, scientific or research studies to show what he is claiming is true. In this case this evidence is taken from the "National Center for Biotechnology Information" (an information center that is part of the National Library of Medicine) and shows the percentage of cases in which antibiotics were not prescribed correctly for two reasons the first one is that the antibiotic was not the correct one and the second one is when the antibiotic is the correct but the dosage (amount of time) is not. Considering the evidence is taken from a reliable resource, which means the information can be believed and supports the claim showing the reader the effect of it in terms of percentage the evidence is relevant (it supports the claim) and sufficient (it explains the claim completely.

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