Suppose you and a friend go to the supermarket and your friend picks up a tomato and asks, "Is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable?" Your response would be based upon
A)the physical properties of the tomato.
B)using a concept to classify the tomato.
C)the sign above the tomatoes.
D)the ripeness of the tomato.

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The question is asking for the classification of a tomato, which is based on a concept rather than the physical properties, signs, or ripeness of the tomato. The concept of fruits and vegetables is based on whether the food is a reproductive structure of a plant (fruit) or another part of the plant that is commonly eaten (vegetable). Since a tomato is the fruiting structure of a tomato plant, it is classified as a fruit.

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