Which statement about the relationship between solicitation and conspiracy is true?

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When one person tries to get another to commit a crime, that’s solicitation. Conspiracy, by contrast, requires an agreement between at least two people to commit a crime. If the person who was solicited agrees to participate, there is now an agreement between two people to commit the crime, which satisfies conspiracy. At that point the solicitation offense merges into the conspiracy, so there isn’t a separate solicitation charge left to punish.

That’s why the statement is true: the solicited person’s agreement to participate creates conspiracy, and the solicitation merges with that conspiracy. The other options don’t fit because solicitation can form a conspiracy when the solicitee agrees, and the solicitation is not a separate offense after that agreement.