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Wood cut methods

The cut of wood in this illustration wastes the least of any method of sawing, however it's a cut that's more susceptible to expansion and contraction than the other 2 traditional methods. Which one is it?
A. rift-sawn
B. plainsawn
C. quartersawn

AnswerB. plainsawn
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