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Fill in the blank in the following sentence with the most appropriate option given below:

There were ______ forty students at the lecture today.

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 2

With a countable number, the approximating word must be 'under', meaning fewer than forty. 'Less' is used with uncountable quantities, 'beneath' indicates physical position, and 'among' expresses being surrounded by a group.

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