Mrs. Percival draws a figure on the board that is lopsided, and has 4 sides, all of unequal lengths. Physically, the right side is three inches, but the left side is six inches. Mrs. Percival tells the class that the figure is a square. She tells the class that the right side is three inches in length and asks them how long the left side is. Which of the following responses is correctly matched?
A) Peter is in the concrete operations stage of development; his answer is "three inches."
B) Janice is in the formal operations stage of development; her answer is "three inches."
C) Paul is in the formal operations stage; his answer is "six inches."
D) Candice is in the formal operations stage; her answer is "I don't know."

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In the formal operations stage, individuals can think logically about abstract concepts. Janice correctly identifies that in a square, all sides are equal, so if one side is three inches, the left side should also be three inches.

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