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Iina has created a table of her bills, showing which ones she pays on her own and which ones she pays with her roommates.

\begin{tabular}{|l|l|}
\hline
\multirow{3}{}{Shared Bills} & Rent \\
\cline{2-2}
& Electric Bill \\
\cline{2-2}
& Water Bill \\
\hline
\multirow{2}{}{Individual Bills} & Cell Phone \\
\cline{2-2}
& \begin{tabular}{l}
Health \\
Insurance
\end{tabular} \\
\hline
\end{tabular}

Which best describes some of the cells in this table?

A. "Health Insurance" is merged, but "Individual Bills" is not merged.
B. "Shared Bills" is merged, but "Rent" is not merged.
C. "Rent" and "Health Insurance" are both merged.
D. Neither "Shared Bills" nor "Individual Bills" are merged.



Answer :

GinnyAnswer
Let's analyze the structure of the table given in the problem statement to answer the question about merged cells.

[tex]\[ \begin{array}{|l|l|} \hline \multirow{3}{*}{ \text{Shared Bills} } & \text{Rent} \\ \cline { 2 - 2 } & \text{Electric Bill} \\ \cline { 2 - 2 } & \text{Water Bill} \\ \hline \text{Individual Bills} & \text{Cell Phone} \\ \cline { 2 - 2 } & \begin{tabular}{l} \text{Health} \\ \text{Insurance} \end{tabular} \\ \hline \end{array} \][/tex]

1. Inspect the cell "Health Insurance":
- We see that "Health Insurance" spans two lines within one cell. This indicates that these two words are possibly merged into a single cell spanning multiple rows.

2. Inspect "Individual Bills":
- "Individual Bills" appears only in a single cell with two possible entries "Cell Phone" and "Health Insurance" appearing directly below it. There is no indication that "Individual Bills" is merged because it represents a category that affects only its corresponding row.

3. Review the options given:
- The statement "Health Insurance" is merged, but "Individual Bills" is not merged is aligned with our observation where "Health Insurance" appears as a merged cell but "Individual Bills" does not span multiple rows or columns.

Thus, based on a detailed inspection of the table and the question asked:

The correct statement describing some of the cells in this table is:
"Health Insurance" is merged, but "Individual Bills" is not merged.