Alex reads this excerpt from a photojournalist’s memoir. he makes the inference that photojournalists need to be willing to take risks. read the excerpt and then answer the question.

in afghanistan, the number of landmines was so high that i once spent a whole day walking on stilts. it gave me some great perspective shots, and it was better than walking on crutches, which i saw everywhere.

which statement best explains why alex made his inference?

a. he remembered a photo exhibit he had seen where the photographer worked on stilts and connected the risk of injury to the use of stilts in the photojournalist’s memoir.

b. he inferred that there must be a high number of landmines and combined that inference with the fact that the photojournalist spent a whole day on stilts.

c. he combined the fact that the photojournalist spent a whole day walking on stilts with the fact that there were people walking on crutches everywhere.

d. he concluded that landmines must cause serious damage if so many people were on crutches and combined that conclusion with the fact that the photojournalist was still willing to work in the area.