Which of the following statements may interfere with the effective business communication in the e-mails between Ms.

Stout and Mr. Satterfield?

• They work for competing companies.

Ms. Stout needed to be more specific in her request.

The time zones vary in different parts of the country

Mr. Satterfield did not provide a clear answer to Ms. Stout's question

Mr. Satterfield did not provide a clear answer to Ms. Stout's question

Explanation:

because leaving a question open will interfere with effective buisness communication.

The answer is: Ms. Stout needed to be more specific in her request.

Explanation:

For an effective business communication, the fact of being competing companies does not affect, as it's part of being ethical. Time zones could be a problem when requests and answers are not clear from the very beginning, however, this isn't a problem when these two last, are clear. So, a request comes before an answer, so the problem resides on the first email, which is the request, if the request isn't clear enough, then consequently the answer won't be either; you will the find yourself sending lots of emails with no right answer, and thus, you will be part of a bad business communication.