Answer and explanation

Correct answer: A. is

  1. Step 1: A distance treated as one amount takes a singular verb.
  2. Step 2: So the correct verb is "is".
Answer
is.
Why not the others: "are" breaks the agreement rule, and the other forms do not fit here.

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