A nonprofit organization is trying to convince the mayor to adopt a citywide recycling program. The group includes this sentence in its presentation: "According to government sources, 75 percent of waste is recyclable but only 30 percent is actually recycled.”Which type of hook is being used?

The sentence presents numerical information: 75 percent of waste is recyclable, while only 30 percent is recycled. Using numbers or data to draw attention is a statistic hook. The choice “statistic” is correct; the sentence does not ask a question or tell a story.

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