You have downloaded a shapefile from a website that shows toxic waste sites in your state. Which operation will you use to get a map showing toxic waste sites within a 10-mile buffer zone map that you have made around your home?
A) Clip
B) Dissolve
C) Eliminate
D) Erase

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The "Clip" operation is used to cut out a piece of one feature class using one or more of the features in another feature class as a cookie cutter. In this scenario, to get a map showing toxic waste sites within a 10-mile buffer zone around your home, you would use the buffer zone as the "cookie cutter" to clip the toxic waste sites shapefile, effectively showing only those sites within the specified distance from your home.

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