Use the paragraph to answer the question.

Mr. Washington spent the whole summer running a student car wash to raise money for the big garden project. He wants to create a farm-to-table type of program that allows for the school to grow its own fruits and vegetables. Mr. Washington made a pledge to the community last year that, as the new principal, he would do everything in his power to improve the nutritional value of school lunches.

Which answer is explicit evidence from the text about Mr. Washington?

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Mr. Washington wants students to wash cars.
Mr. Washington wants students to wash cars.

Mr. Washington is part of the garden project.
Mr. Washington is part of the garden project.

Mr. Washington likes fruits and vegetables.
Mr. Washington likes fruits and vegetables.

Mr. Washington made a pledge to the community.

Explicit evidence is a claim or statement that is stated directly and can be found/ taken from the sentence. It is easy to know for it is a direct statement from the passage.

As stated in the given passage, "Mr. Washington made a pledge to the community last year that, as the new principal, he would do everything in his power to improve the nutritional value of school lunches." This is explicit evidence as it is directly taken from the provided passage while the other options are not. They are just assumptions or ideas that can be taken from the passage but are not directly stated.

Thus, the correct answer is option d.