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The blank is describing when…it is desirable to expand the yield of a harvest. The sentence provides further insight into this by stating that it is desirable to expand…yield, but only if there aren’t also certain additions in time, exertion and other variable factors of production. So, a word such as “similar” for the blank conveys the logic that expanded yield shouldn’t require expanded additions in time and other factors. Choice (A), predestined, is not a match for “similar,” so eliminate (A). Choice (B), commensurate, is a good match for the blank, so keep (B). Choice (D), deliberate, is not a match for the blank, so eliminate it. Choice (C), analogous, is close, but commensurate is more quantitative, so eliminate (C). While indeterminate or uncertain additions are certainly not desired, this choice doesn’t match “similar,” so eliminate (E). The correct answer is (B).