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Author: Paul Hewitt, Suzanne Lyons

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Chapter 25, Problem 3RAT

The most powerful agent of erosion in shaping Earth’s

surface is

(a)	running water.
(b)	wind.
(c)	glaciers.
(d)	waves.

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