A team of engineers claims that a new battery design retains more capacity over many charge cycles than current commercial batteries.
Which finding, if true, would most strongly support the engineers' claim?
- A
The new battery design uses widely available materials.
- B
Battery research has been funded by both public and private sources.
- C
Many devices currently rely on lithium-ion batteries.
- Dcheck_circle
After 1,000 charge cycles, prototype batteries with the new design retained 92 percent of original capacity, while standard batteries retained 70 percent.
Explanation
A directly compares capacity retention between the new and standard designs after the same usage. B, C, and D are tangential.