Read the sentence.

The Great Wave was inexpensive to purchase, costing only about the same as a double helping of noodles. Since lots of copies could be printed and still look good, it made loads of money.

Which best revises this sentence to create a more formal style and tone?

The Great Wave was as cheap as buying a double helping of noodles. Since lots of copies could be made and still look great, people started making piles of money.

The Great Wave was inexpensive to purchase, costing about the same as a double helping of noodles. Since mass quantities could be produced and still look exquisite, it became highly profitable to sell.

The Great Wave cost next to nothing, practically the same as a double helping of noodles. Since mass quantities could be produced and still look awesome, it became highly profitable to sell.

The Great Wave was inexpensive to purchase, similar to buying a double helping of noodles. Since lots of copies could be made that still looked amazing, those who sold it made tons of money.

Answer: B) The Great Wave was inexpensive to purchase, costing about the same as a double helping of noodles. Since mass quantities could be produced and still look exquisite, it became highly profitable to sell.

Explanation: The tone of a text or sentence is the author's or speaker's attitude towards the audience, the subject or even the characters of the text. There are many different kinds of tones, like: positive, negative, objective, sad, angry, etc. From the given options, the one that revises the sentence to create a more formal style and tone is the corresponding to option B, we can know this by paying attention to the word choice, for example: "mass quantities," "exquisite," "profitable," etc, which make the sentence more formal.