Gary is watching a play. He can hear the dialogue at all times except when the actors are whispering in a scene. This is because the actors' whispers are too soft for Gary to hear. In other words, the whispers are most likely below Gary's

A. absolute threshold level.
B. upper limit.
C. expectation.
D. arbitrary value.


Answer: A

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