Exhibit 5-1 During a fire drill a teacher marched the class from their floor classroom to the playground and waited there with them until the drill was over.Upon returning the teacher found Peter, one of the pupils, waiting at his desk.The teacher has formed several hypotheses, which are given in answer options a-d.Choose the hypothesis that best answers the question.
-Refer to Exhibit 5-1.Which of the hypotheses violated the criterion that: hypotheses must be consistent with the organized body of knowledge.
A) Peter is an inherently bad boy who had stepped out of line and ran to the classroom by the back stairs in order to infuriate the teacher.
B) Peter leapt from the ground directly into the classroom window.
C) Peter has an identical twin whom the teacher did not know about.He and Peter arranged with the principal to stage the fire drill so that they could play this trick on the teacher.
D) Peter slipped into the boy's room on the way out and returned to his seat from there.

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Hypotheses A, C, and D are inconsistent with the organized body of knowledge and do not provide a reasonable explanation for Peter's presence back in the classroom. Hypothesis B, however, clearly violates the laws of physics and is not consistent with the organized body of knowledge. Therefore, it is the best answer to the question.

Exhibit 5-1 During a Fire Drill a Teacher Marched the Class