In addressing the issue of international trade and technological progress, the noted French mathematician/physicist Jules Henri Poincaré wrote: To create consists precisely in not making useless combinations and in making those which are useful.... Among chosen combinations the most fertile will often be those formed of elements drawn from domains which ___.
A) are in the same line of specialized research.
B) are feasible.
C) are profitable.
D) are far apart.

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Poincaré's quote suggests that the most fruitful combinations come from elements drawn from domains that are far apart, as this allows for new and innovative combinations that can lead to technological progress.

In Addressing the Issue of International Trade and Technological Progress