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Which sentence is in passive voice?An X-ray could have detected the hairline fracture in his arm.The hairline fracture could have been detected by an X-ray.Submit

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Which sentence is in passive voice?An X-ray could have detected the hairline fracture in his arm.The hairline fracture could have been detected by an X-ray.Submit

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The sentence in passive voice is: "The hairline fracture could have been detected by an X-ray."

Here's why:

In the passive voice, the subject of the sentence is acted upon by some other agent or by something unnamed. In this case, "The hairline fracture" is the subject of the sentence and it is being acted upon by "an X-ray".

In contrast, the sentence "An X-ray could have detected the hairline fracture in his arm" is in active voice because the subject, "An X-ray", is performing the action of detecting the fracture.

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