The following questions present a sentence, part of which or all of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence, you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.
These questions test correctness and effectiveness of expression. In choosing your answer, follow the requirements of standard written English; that is, pay attention to grammar, choice of words, and sentence construction. Choose the answer that produces the most effective sentence; this answer should be clear and exact, without awkwardness, ambiguity, redundancy, or grammatical error.
The way in which the mighty blue whale and the other baleen whales--the flnback, gray, humpback, and right whales--eats was discovered by careful observation by biologists.（）
A. eats was discovered by
B. eat was discovered through
C. eats were discovered by means of
D. eat were discovered by
E. eat was discovered resulting from
