Select the sentence that correctly transforms the given active voice into passive voice: "People believe that the scientist discovered a rare element."
The scientist is believed to have discovered a rare element.
When a sentence reports belief about a completed action using "that" clause with a past tense verb, the passive transformation uses the pattern "subject + is/are believed + to have + past participle."
Here, "the scientist discovered a rare element" is the completed action believed by people, so the correct passive form is "The scientist is believed to have discovered a rare element," which preserves the sense that the discovery happened before the belief is stated.
"The scientist is believed to discover a rare element" incorrectly uses the simple infinitive, losing the sense of a completed past action, while "was believed discovering" is grammatically malformed, and the first option reverses the subject and object incorrectly.
Therefore, the correct answer is "The scientist is believed to have discovered a rare element."
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