The mcdonald's corporation has become a powerful symbol of america's service economy, which is now responsible for 90 percent of the country's new jobs. in 1968, mcdonald's operated about one thousand restaurants. today it has about thirty thousand restaurants worldwide and opens almost two thousand new ones each year.

which example best synthesizes the information in the original passage?
a. the extraordinary growth of the mcdonald's corporation over the last 50 years has allowed it to dominate the service industry and become a powerful employer (schlosser 4).

b. "the mcdonald's corporation has become a powerful symbol of america's service economy" which hires 90 percent of employees in new jobs. currently, mcdonald's operates "thirty thousand restaurants worldwide and opens almost two thousand new ones each year" (schlosser 4).

c. the mcdonald's corporation is responsible for 90 percent of the country's new jobs and has grown from one thousand restaurants in 1968 to over thirty thousand restaurants today (schlosser 4).

d. the mcdonald's corporation is responsible for finding employees for 90% of the new jobs each year. after having less than 1000 restaurants in the late 1960s, mcdonald's now operates over thirty thousand restaurants (schlosser 4).