The phrase "a single answer and" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the need for one specific response or solution in a given context.
Example: "In this case, we are looking for a single answer and nothing more to resolve the issue."
Alternatives: "one response and" or "a sole answer and".
The group answering the questions then tend to agree upon a single answer, and to be reluctant to admit it when they don't have a complete answer.
Asked whether he backs rules that would label all produce by country of origin, he managed to woo Christians, Iowans and Hispanics in a single answer, and all while presenting himself as a family-loving Everyman.
I asked you six yes-or-no questions and got not a single answer, and of course, well, you asked for this format for a reason," stated one member of Parliament.
The politician also requires certainty … Often I have seen the desperation on the faces of a politician, when you are asked something and respond 'It depends' and start to give all the variables … And what he wants is a single answer … And you are speaking to him in terms of probability and the other person hears it in terms of certainty, in terms of truth.
There doesn't have to be a single answer to this question, and the more you're honest with yourself about your interests, your likes and dislikes, the more confident you'll be, and the more easily you'll be able to find friends who like you and want to be with you.
Many issues in life simply don't have a pure, single answer, and you can't think in such black and white terms.
Watson, he added, is not going to make diagnoses, not give a physician a single answer, but make suggestions, recommendations and determine probabilities.
It is unlikely that there will be a single answer based on such results and, as other commentators have put it, it can be like "comparing apples to lizards" k and also depends on whether performance is limited to the amount offered or whether good fortune should also be considered.
Making statements like "..mechanisms are required to encourage farmers…" or "simply putting in place regulations… do not necessarily address… or "…other approaches need to be considered" just begs a lot a questions and a single answer by offering financial incentives is not nuanced enough: what types of incentives?
Thing is, when a search engine makes like an oracle of truth — by using algorithms to select and privilege a single answer per user generated question — then, well, bad things can happen.
Multi-scenario analysis such as this uses rational analysis not to optimize and provide a single answer, but to provide the decision-maker with a broad view of multiple hypotheses [ 22], relevant systems [ 20], or "branches and sequels" of possibilities [ 19].
