Larry has retired from his career as a city administrator, disengaging from his work life. in a case like this, disengagement in one area of life: a) means that larry will certainly disengage from all other areas of life, too. b) does not necessarily mean that larry will disengage from other areas of life. c) proves that disengagement theory is more accurate than activity theory. d) is the start of larry's decline.

 b) does not necessarily mean that Larry will disengage from other areas of life.

Explanation: According to the situation of Larry' retirement, it states that he has got detached from the work life.This signifies that it is not necessary that he will get disconnected from other fields of his like.Possibility of indulging or taking interest in other areas are also possible due to withdrawal from job.

Other options are not correct because Larry is not facing declination in any sense and neither it indicates that disconnection from other life fields will happen.

The situation is depicting more about activity theory than disengagement theory as there are chances that Larry will keep up the social life in other fields rather than withdrawing from every field due to aging. .Thus, the correct option is option (b).

answer; dead end or culdesac;