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Engineers in Detroit manufacture durable synthetic nylon ropes using petroleum extracted from underground rock formations. Which description best explains nylon in this example?

Synthetic materials occur naturally in underground mineral deposits without requiring human intervention. Synthetic materials are created by physically chopping natural plant fibers into smaller fragments. Synthetic materials are manufactured by chemically processing natural resources to produce materials with specialized desired properties. Synthetic materials retain identical atomic arrangements to the original raw petroleum.

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Synthetic materials are manufactured by chemically processing natural resources to produce materials with specialized desired properties.

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