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An isolation system must provide vertical stiffness as well as horizontal flexibility because
Answer: C
Every gravity load path passes through the isolation plane, and any appreciable vertical softness would produce rocking and unacceptable settlement. Vertical isolation is generally not attempted, which is why vertical ground motion reaches the superstructure largely undiminished.
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